BioMates - Bio-oil, validating AFP

Ablative fast pyrolysis (AFP) is the first step in the BioMates-concept for producing bio-based intermediates (BioMates) with reliable properties from stalk-type biomass. These intermediates are designed for co-processing within conventional refineries. The H2020-project BioMates validates the process concept (www.biomates.eu).

AFP produces bio-oil to be mildly hydrotreated towards said intermediates afterwards. This document describes the validation of bio-oil production in an ablative fast pyrolysis (AFP) pilot plant (TRL5) at RISE, producing bio-oil fractions for further use in the hydrotreatment to produce BioMates. During the period reported here, bio-oil fractions from both straw and Miscanthus, in total about 1045 kg of bio-oil, separated in two to three oil fractions, have been produced.