Room: Poster Area B
Date: Tuesday, 10 June 2025
Time: 16:15 - 17:15 CEST
Session code 5BV.8
Applied pyrolysis
PYSOLO: PYrolysis of Biomass by Concentrated SOLar pOwer
Short Introductive summary
The PYSOLO (PYrolysis of biomass by concentrated SOLar pOwer) project aims to develop an innovative, fully renewable process that combines concentrated solar power (CSP) with biomass pyrolysis. By using solar heat to sustain the pyrolysis reaction, the production of bio-oil, biochar, and pyrogas is maximized, while CO2 emissions are minimized, offering both economic and environmental benefits over conventional pyrolysis. Within the project, the two key components of the PYSOLO concept, the solar particle receiver and a pyrolysis reactor, will be tested at TRL4. PYSOLO is expected to achieve over 80% carbon efficiency, a bio-oil reduction costs by at least 20% compared to a conventional pyrolysis process and it is expected to show substantially negative CO2 emissions on LCA basis (-0.3 kgCO2 per kg of biomass input).
Presenter
Marco COLOMBI
Politecnico di Milano, Energy Dpt., ITALY
Presenter's biography
I'm a PhD student at Politecnico di Milano (Department of Energy) researching concentrating solar thermal technologies for industrial decarbonization and solar pyrolysis within the EU PYSOLO project, with a focus on process modeling, MILP optimization, and techno-economic analysis.
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Co-authors:
M. Colombi, Politecnico di Milano, ITALY
T. García, Instituto de Carboquímica-CSIC, Zaragoza, SPAIN
N. Puy, Centre de Ciència i Tecnologia Forestal de Catalunya, Solsona, SPAIN
G. Marlair, Institut National de L Environnement Industriel et des Risques - INERIS, Verneuil en Halatte, FRANCE
C. Lorreyte, German Aerospace Center - DLR, Köln, GERMANY
V. Kulman, NOVA-Institut fur Politische und Okologische Innovation, Heurth, GERMANY
G. Lombardi, Consorzio per la ricerca e la dimostrazione sulle energie rinnovabili - RE-CORD, Scarperia e San Piero, ITALY
M. Prussi, Politecnico di Torino, ITALY
M. Fantini, EUCORE, Roma, ITALY
Session reference: 5BV.8.12