A number of technologies are available for the conversion of waste material to energy including biological processes and conventional mass burn incineration. This one day meeting organised by the Environment Group and Process Engineering Group of SCI in conjunction with Lancaster Environment Centre considered the advanced thermal technologies which are rapidly developing, including: Gasification, Plasma Gasification and Pyrolysis. This meeting was aimed at Technology Providers, R&D Houses, Local Authorities and Waste Management Companies.
'The opportunity: To offset 34 million tonnes of carbon from fossil fuel sources by implementing energy from waste technologies' (Environmental Knowledge Transfer Network)
- Programme
- Chairman's Introduction
Prith Rajendran, Stopford Projects Ltd -
Industry and Technology Overview (pdf 160Kb)
David Robertson, Viridor Waste -
Technology Challenges (pdf 1.3Mb)
Ben Herbert, Stopford Projects Ltd -
Energy from Waste Biomass - the BtVB Process (pdf 3.3Mb)
Andreas Hornung, Aston University -
Case Study: Small Scale Pyrolysis Unit (pdf 600Kb)
Sean McCarthy, Qinetiq Plc -
Colombo Renewable Energy (pdf 2.3Mb)
Gavin Colls, Stopford Projects Ltd -
Regulatory and Commercial Drivers (pdf 400Kb)
David Howard, Centre for Ecology and Hydrology -
Defra's New Technologies Demonstrator Programme (pdf 940Kb)
Steve Horrax, Enviros -
The Safety/Environmental Considerations of Using Waste Streams for Energy Generation (pdf 1.4Mb)
Raffaella Villa, Cranfield University -
Pyrolysis and Gasification- Planning and Environmental Impacts (pdf 1.3Mb)
David Brignall, Wardell Armstrong -
Barriers and Issues (pdf 2Mb)
Kerry Thomas, Environmental KTN
Organising Committee
Steve Waller, Matthew Lemmon, Ben Herbert
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