Due to the climate change and the shortage of fossil raw materials, alternative
energies are becoming an important trendsetting issue. Dealing with this
subject, the company PYTEC, in cooperation with its sister company TEC,
has been developing the BtO-process, an innovative pyrolysis process for
the thermal conversion of wood to bio-oil. Since December 2005 the first
pilot scale plant is being operating to produce 4 tons of bio-oil per
day by using the process of Fast Ablative Pyrolysis. Aimed at the economical
generation of heat and power from biomass, the produced bio-oil will be
combusted in a CHP-plant (Combined Heat and Power plant).
PYTEC was founded in 2002, with the purpose of the development of an innovative technology for the liquefaction of renewable raw materials and other organic residue and waste materials. PYTEC’s objective is not only the development, but also the economic realization of the BtO-Technology, implying the planning, construction, distribution, operation, and servicing of plants.
From the very beginning, there has been a close cooperation between PYTEC, TEC and the Institute for Wood Chemistry of the Federal Research Centre for Forestry and Forest Products (BFH). As a result, the development and the engineering of our pyrolysis systems were carried out at the highest scientific and technical level.