Our Labs
The Laboratory for Preparation of Bioresources (LPB) works on the characterization and preparation of various biomass and waste resources by means of mechanical and/or thermal pretreatment processes. It includes grinding, sieving, pressurization, powder injection, drying, torrefaction or slow pyrolysis.
The Laboratory for Thermal Conversion of Bioresources (LTCB) works on the development of biomass and waste-to-energy processes (heat, electricity), as well as processes dedicated to the production of 2G/3G biofuels and green chemicals. It has wide expertise in gasification processes and technologies dedicated to dry resources (fixed bed, fluidized bed, entrained flow reactor) and wet resources (hydrothermal liquefaction, supercritical water gasification). It is equipped with numerous analytical devices to characterize the products (gas, bio-oil, bio-crude, char), study the reaction kinetics, and analyze the inorganic species and their interactions with materials.