Project

PYROCHAR main objective is to overcome the scientific and technical barriers keeping small municipalities and Wastewater Treatment Plants (WWTPs) from using thermal treatment (pyrolysis) in their municipal sewage sludge management.


Rocks

  • Drying and pyrolysis treatments are energy demanding
  • Adaptation of the technology to small plants
  • The reuse of the pyrolysis syngas requires efficient clean-up technology
  • Thermal treatment process is too complex and demands high maintenance
  • Lack of scientific understanding of sludge pyrolysis and syngas behaviour in gas turbine/engine (CHP)