This chapter contains a description of the significant research, demonstration and commercial processes that are based on fast pyrolysis for production of liquids. The list is alphabetical and is summarised in Table 5.1. Dormant or dismantled or abandoned processes are only included if there is useful information available.
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Table 5.1 Activities in Fast Pyrolysis for Liquids Production
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Sect
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Oraanisation
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Countrv
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Technoloav
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Status
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5.1
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Alten
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Italy
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Fluid or stirred bed
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Dismantled
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5.2
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BBC
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Canada
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Ablative
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Operational
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5.3
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Bio-Alternative $A
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Switzerland
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Fixed bed
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Unknown
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Biomass Technology Group (BTG) Netherlands
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see UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE
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Castle Capital
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Canada
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see BBC
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5.4
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Colorado School of Mines
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USA
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Ablative mill
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Dismantled
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5.5
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CPERI
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Greece
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Fluid bed
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Operational
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5.6
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CRES
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Greece
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Circulating bed
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Operational
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5.7
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Egemin
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Belgium
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Entrained flow
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Shut down
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ENEL
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Italy
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See ENSYN
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5.8
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Ensyn Engineering
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Canada
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Transport
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Operational
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5.9
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GTRI
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USA
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Entrained flow
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Dormant
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5.10
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INETI
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Portugal
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Fluid bed
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Shut down
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5.11
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Institute of Wood Chemistry
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Germany
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Fluid bed
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Operational
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5.12
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Interchem
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USA
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Ablative
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Abandoned
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5.13
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NREL
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USA
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Ablative vortex
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Operational
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Red Arrow
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USA
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see ENSYN
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Schelde
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Netherlands
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see UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE
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5.14
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Stenau
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Germany
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Rotary kiln
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Operational
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5.15
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Union Fenosa
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Spain
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Fluid bed
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Operational
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University of Athens, Agricultural
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Greece
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see CRES
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5.16
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University of Aston
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UK
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Ablative
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Operational
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5.17
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University of Laval
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Canada
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Multiple hearth vacuum
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Operational
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5.18
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University of Leeds
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UK
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Fluid and fixed bed
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Operational
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5.19
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Univ. London Imperial College
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UK
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Heated grid
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Dormant
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5.20
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University of Tubingen
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Germany
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Auger kiln
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Operational
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5.21
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University of Twente
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Netherlands
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Rotating cone
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Redesign
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5.22
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University of Waterloo
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Canada
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Fluid bed
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Operational
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5.23
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University of Zaragoza
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Spain
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Fluid bed
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Operational
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5.24
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Wastewater Technology Centre
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Canada
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Augur kiln
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Operational
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5.25
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Worthing Industries
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Canada
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Fluid bed
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Operational
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