Room: Amazon
Date: Wednesday, 20 May 2026
Time: 17:30 - 18:30 CEST
Session code 5BO.14
Advances in upgrading for high-quality drop-in biofuels
Impact of Hydrotreatment Severity on the Properties of Hydrotreated Pyrolysis Oil (HPO)
Short Introductive summary
Drop-in biofuels can be produced by the catalytic hydrotreatment of Fast Pyrolysis Bio Oil (FPBO). The product of the process is a fully deoxygenated pyrolysis oil (HPO). The presentation specifically focusses on the properties of the HPO as a function of the hydrotreatment severity.
Presenter
Bert VAN DE BELD
BTG Biomass Technology Group, THE NETHERLANDS
Presenter's biography
Dr. Bert van de Beld joined BTG Biomass Technology Group BV in 1995 and became director of technology in 2002. He received his PhD at Twente University in the Netherlands on air purification by catalytic oxidation in an adiabatic packed bed reactor with periodic flow reversal. He was scientific/technical coordinator of the FP-7 EMPYRO project in which the semi-commercial pyrolysis plant is built and operated. Currently, he is involved in projects on pyrolysis oil quality control and the use of the pyrolysis liquid in modified diesel engines. Furthermore he is the representative of the Netherlands in IEA task 34 - thermochemical conversion of biomass into liquid fuels.
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Co-authors:
G. Gerritsen, BTG Biomass Technology Group, Enschede, THE NETHERLANDS
Session reference: 5BO.14.1