Facilities

The BRISK international network encourages and facilitates co-operative research in the project partners’ laboratories. The expertise and facilities available have been classified by topics as listed below. Clicking on the topic will direct you to a list of all the partners offering facilities in that topic.

Aerosols

Technology available	BRISK Partner	Location	Ref No.
Aerosol measurement, high temperature	BIOENERGY 2020+	Graz, Austria	BET1

Analysis

Technology available	BRISK Partner	Location	Ref No.
Analysis - GC, MS, GPC, TGA	Aston University Bioenergy Research Group	Birmingham, UK	AST1
Analysis - TGA, DTG, DSC, MS	BIOENERGY 2020+	Graz, Austria	BET2
Analysis - GC/SCD, GC-ICP/MS	Paul Scherrer Institute	Villigen, Switzerland	PSI1
Analysis - TGA, FTIR	Delft University of Technology	Delft, Netherlands	TUD1
Analysis - TGA, DSC, FTIR	Wroclaw University of Technology	Wroclaw, Poland	WRC1

Autoclave

Technology available	BRISK Partner	Location	Ref No.
Autoclave	Aston University Bioenergy Research Group	Birmingham, UK	AST2

Biomass characterisation

Technology available	BRISK Partner	Location	Ref No.
Biomass characterisation	Åbo Akademi University	Åbo, Finland	AAU1
Biomass characterisation	Aston University Bioenergy Research Group	Birmingham, UK	AST3
Solid fuel characterisation	International Flame Research Foundation (IFRF)	Pisa, Italy	IFR2
Biomass characterisation, screen heater	Delft University of Technology	Delft, Netherlands	TUD2

Bio-oil upgrading

Technology available	BRISK Partner	Location	Ref No.
Bio-oil upgrading	Aston University Bioenergy Research Group	Birmingham, UK	AST4
Bio-oil hydrotreatment, characterisation	SINTEF	Trondheim, Norway	STF4

Catalysts

Technology available	BRISK Partner	Location	Ref No.
Catalyst screening	SINTEF	Oslo, Norway	STF2

Combustion

Technology available	BRISK Partner	Location	Ref No.
Combustion, fixed-bed, drop tube	BIOENERGY 2020+	Graz, Austria	BET3
Combustion, fixed-bed, pilot scale	BIOENERGY 2020+	Graz, Austria	BET4
Combustion, fixed-bed, batch	BIOENERGY 2020+	Graz, Austria	BET5
Combustion, optical, high pressure, high temperature, 2 MW	Cardiff University	Cardiff, UK	CFU1
Combustion, sector, high pressure, high temperature, 2 MW	Cardiff University	Cardiff, UK	CFU2
Combustion, turbine simulator, high pressure & temperature	Cardiff University	Cardiff, UK	CFU3
Combustion, flameless	Delft University of Technology	Delft, Netherlands	TUD3
Combustion, test furnace	Delft University of Technology	Delft, Netherlands	TUD4
Combustion, fluid bed	ECN	Petten, Netherlands	ECN1
Combustion, entrained flow, atmospheric	Energy Technology Centre (ETC), Piteå	Piteå, Sweden	ETC2
Combustion, high pressure, catalytic	Royal Institute of Technology (KTH)	Stockholm, Sweden	KTH1
Combustion, high temperature, air	Royal Institute of Technology (KTH)	Stockholm, Sweden	KTH2
Combustion, entrained flow	Technical University of Denmark	Kongens Lyngby, Denmark	DTU1
Combustion, entrained flow	Technical University of Munich	Garching/Munich, Germany	TUM1
Combustion, fluid bed	TUBITAK, Marmara Research Centre	Gebze, Turkey	TBK1
Combustion, entrained flow	Wroclaw University of Technology	Wroclaw, Poland	WRC2

Fast pyrolysis

Technology available	BRISK Partner	Location	Ref No.
Pyrolysis, fast, 4 fluid beds, +/- catalysts	Aston University Bioenergy Research Group	Birmingham, UK	AST7
Pyroprobe with GCMS-FID	Aston University Bioenergy Research Group	Birmingham, UK	AST8
Fast pyrolysis, catalytic, fluid bed	Centre for Research and Technology (CERTH)	Thessaloniki, Greece	CER1

Fischer Tropsch synthesis and wax cracking

Technology available	BRISK Partner	Location	Ref No.
Micro-reactor, pressure, Fischer Tropsch	Aston University Bioenergy Research Group	Birmingham, UK	AST6
HDS, FT-wax hydrocracking unit	Centre for Research and Technology (CERTH)	Thessaloniki, Greece	CER3
Synthesis reactor, pressure	Centre for Research and Technology (CERTH)	Thessaloniki, Greece	CER4
Catalytic synfuel production laboratory	Norwegian University of Science and Technology	Trondheim, Norway	NTN1
Fischer Tropsch synthesis	Vienna University of Technology	Vienna, Austria	TUW1

Fluid Catalytic Cracking

Technology available	BRISK Partner	Location	Ref No.
FCC pilot plant	Centre for Research and Technology (CERTH)	Thessaloniki, Greece	CER2

Fuel cell

Technology available	BRISK Partner	Location	Ref No.
Fuel cell, SOFC testing	Delft University of Technology	Delft, Netherlands	TUD5

Gas clean-up

Technology available	BRISK Partner	Location	Ref No.
Gas clean-up	Delft University of Technology	Delft, Netherlands	TUD6
Tar cracking	International Flame Research Foundation (IFRF)	Pisa, Italy	IFR3

Gas conditioning

Technology available	BRISK Partner	Location	Ref No.
Gas conditioning, catalytic conversion	SINTEF	Trondheim, Norway	STF3

Gasification

Technology available	BRISK Partner	Location	Ref No.
Gasification, allothermal, fluid bed, fixed bed	Aston University Bioenergy Research Group	Birmingham, UK	AST5
Gasification, fluid bed, 3 MWt	CIUDEN	Ponferrada, Spain	CIU1
Gasification, circulating fluid bed, filter	Delft University of Technology	Delft, Netherlands	TUD7
Gasification, fluid bed	ECN	Petten, Netherlands	ECN2
Gasification, circulating fluid bed, 500 kWth	ENEA	Rotondella, Italy	ENA1
Gasification, updraft, 200 kWth	ENEA	Rotondella, Italy	ENA2
Gasification, internal circulating fluid bed, 10 kWth	ENEA	Rotondella, Italy	ENA4
Gasification, entrained flow, pressure	Energy Technology Centre (ETC), Piteå	Piteå, Sweden	ETC1
Gasification, downdraft	International Flame Research Foundation (IFRF)	Pisa, Italy	IFR1
Gasification, fluid bed	Paul Scherrer Institute	Villigen, Switzerland	PSI2
Gasification, fluid bed	Royal Institute of Technology (KTH)	Stockholm, Sweden	KTH3
Gasification, high temperature, air and steam	Royal Institute of Technology (KTH)	Stockholm, Sweden	KTH4
Gasifier, entrained flow	Technical University of Denmark	Kongens Lyngby, Denmark	DTU2
Gasification, bubbling fluid bed, allothermal	Technical University of Munich	Garching/Munich, Germany	TUM2
Gasification, entrained flow, high temperature & pressure	Technical University of Munich	Garching/Munich, Germany	TUM3
Gasification, entrained flow, high temperature	Technical University of Munich	Garching/Munich, Germany	TUM4
Gasification, fluid bed	TUBITAK, Marmara Research Centre	Gebze, Turkey	TBK2
Gasification, downdraft fixed bed	TUBITAK, Marmara Research Centre	Gebze, Turkey	TBK3
Gasification, downdraft - commercial	University of Zaragoza	Zaragoza, Spain	UZR1
Gasification, fluid bed - pilot	University of Zaragoza	Zaragoza, Spain	UZR2
Gasification, fluid bed, high pressure	Vienna University of Technology	Vienna Austria	TUW2

Hydrodesulfurisation

Technology available	BRISK Partner	Location	Ref No.
HDS, FT-wax hydrocracking unit	Centre for Research and Technology (CERTH)	Thessaloniki, Greece	CER3

Hydrogen

Technology available	BRISK Partner	Location	Ref No.
Hydrogen enrichment modules for syngas	ENEA	Rotondella, Italy	ENA3

Hydrothermal processing

Technology available	BRISK Partner	Location	Ref No.
Hydrothermal processing	Paul Scherrer Institute	Villigen, Switzerland	PSI3
Hydrothermal processing	University of Zaragoza	Zaragoza, Spain	UZR3

Methanation

Technology available	BRISK Partner	Location	Ref No.
Methanation, fluid bed	Paul Scherrer Institute	Villigen, Switzerland	PSI4

Pyrolysis

Technology available	BRISK Partner	Location	Ref No.
Pyrolysis, fluid bed	Åbo Akademi University	Åbo, Finland	AAU2
Pyrolysis, fluid bed	ECN	Petten, Netherlands	ECN3
Pyrolysis, catalytic	SINTEF	Oslo, Norway	STF1
Pyrolysis, isothermal packed bed	University of Naples Federico II	Naples, Italy	UNA1

Spray cell

Technology available	BRISK Partner	Location	Ref No.
Spray cell, high pressure, high temperature	Cardiff University	Cardiff, UK	CFU4

Spray characterisation

Technology available	BRISK Partner	Location	Ref No.
Spray characterisation	Energy Technology Centre (ETC), Piteå	Piteå, Sweden	ETC3

Turbine simulation

Technology available	BRISK Partner	Location	Ref No.
Combustor, turbine simulator, high pressure & temperature	Cardiff University	Cardiff, UK	CFU3

To download a full list of facilities available by partner (in pdf format) click here.

The expertise and facilities offered by the partners support most aspects of the biofuels chains summarized in the figure below.