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iMMC/TFL Institute of Mechanics, Materials, and Civil

Engineering UCL, Louvain-la-Neuve

Prof. Hervé Jeanmart

Lab’InSight « Biomass to Energy » - CTA, December 11th 2012»

Fields of Expertise Thermochemical conversion of biomass

- Pyrolysis (low and high temperatures) - Gasification (wood, residues, and waste) -Combustion (small and large furnaces)

Industrial application fields Renewable electricity production

Combined heat and power Waste valorization Fuels production

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FIELDS OF EXPERTISE AND INDUSTRIAL TARGETS

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Coll. : Xylowatt

Gasification of wood : syngas

composition and LHV

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In our lab

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Ash deposition tests

Coll. : GDF-Suez

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In other labs

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Coll: Stûv

Designed and build

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In the computer: the SPY model Validations with CEA experiments

Coll. : CEA

Validation of the

Single particle

PYrolysis model

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Biomass combustion : apparent kinetics

Coll: GDF-SUEZ

Recom (D)

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Biomass combustion : complete CFD model

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Coll: Stûv

Temperature field in

a stove at peak

pyrolysis conditions

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LABORATORY CONTACT INFORMATION

Prof. Hervé Jeanmart

Herve.jeanmart@uclouvain.be - Phone : +32 10 47 22 09

(sec. : +32 (0)10/47.22.00)

UCL, Louvain-La-Neuve/iMMC Institute of Mechanics, Materials, and Civil engineering Place du Levant, 2 1348 Louvain-la-Neuve www.uclouvain.be/immc/

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