This includes:
- Reaction and kinetic studies
- Benchmarking, screening and process development of catalysts and processes
- Product analysis and characterization
We offer experimental and theoretical expertise along the value chain from conversion of raw materials to upgrading to final products
Process technology
- Process design and Techno-Economics
- Process development
- Reactor modelling
- Catalysis and kinetics
- Piloting and up-scaling
Conversion and up-grading
- Biogas upgrading
- Catalytic synthesis to fuels and chemicals
- Pyrolysis
- Catalytic stabilization and upgrading of bio-oils
Description of lab facilities and equipment
Gasification route
Kinetics and Catalysis research group has extensive experience in hydrogen and synthesis gas production, adjustment steps like water-gas-shift, and catalytic synthesis to fuels and chemicals. SINTEF offers expertise and infrastructure in the following areas:
- Biogas upgrading
- Production of hydrogen and syngas
- Gas conditioning
- Removal of poisons
- Reforming of tars and hydrocarbons
- Water-gas shift
- Catalytic synthesis of fuels and chemicals
- Fischer-Tropsch synthesis
- Hydrogen production
- Olefins production
- DME synthesis
- Methanol synthesis
Recent and ongoing projects:
- Advanced biofuels via syngas (2013-2016)
- GAFT (2015-2018),
- Chemical looping desulphurization (2017-2020),
- BioFT (2018-2021)
- Pulp and fuel (2018 – 2022)
Biogas upgrading by pressure-swing adsorption (PSA)
A multicolumn pressure swing process utilizing porous adsorbents (active carbons, zeolites, metal-organic frameworks)
Production of high purity hydrogen >99.99% or,
Recovery of hydrogen for power generation in the pre-combustion scheme
SINTEF expertise:
- Development of novel shaped high surface area adsorbents with increased cyclic capacity and selectivity
- Development and simulation of novel cycle schemes for continuous multicolumn operation
Recent and ongoing projects:
- HiGrade Gas
- EU FP7 DECARBIT
- NFR SINTERCAP
Pyrolysis route
- Fast and slow pyrolysis of dry biomass into bio-oils and biochar
- In-situ and ex-situ upgrading of pyrolysis vapors
- Fractionation and purification of products by physical methods
- Crude oil stabilization by physical and chemical methods
- High resolution equipment for detailed compositional analysis of oil components
Recent and on-going projects:
- CAPTURE+ (2013-2015)
- BIOGREEN (2017-2018)
Upgrading of bio oils
SINTEF has for more than 30 years collaborated with the industry on oil refining processes, including hydrogenation of bio-oils, and offer:
- Bench- and semi-pilot scale testing of catalysts
- Process conditions optimization
- Catalytic stabilization and upgrading of bio-oils and pyrolysis vapours
- Catalyst development and optimization
- Analysis of feed and products
- Physical: Density, elemental analysis, – O – S – N, SimDist
- Chemical: GC, MS, NMR
Recent and ongoing projects:
- Fastcard (2014- 2018)
- 4Refinery (2017-2021)
- Waste to road (2018 – 2022)
- H2BiOil (2015-2019)
Chemical biomass conversion to high value products
- Conversion of polysaccharides and lignin at mild conditios
- Kinetics and mass transfer studies of heterogeneous and homogeneous catalysis
- High pressure catalysis
- Process integration of conversion and separation
- Integration of biochemical and chemical conversion
Recent and ongoing projects:
- Enzymes4Fuels (2017-2021)
- AERTOs Bioeconomy (2014-2015)