PoliTechWaste – Policy and Technology Analysis of Waste/Biomass Residue Gasification for Energy Production in Portugal

Coordinator

Paulo Brito

CESAM Responsible researcher

Luís Tarelho

Programme

Projetos de Investigação Exploratória no âmbito do Programa Carnegie Mellon Portugal - 2017 (CMU/TMP/0032/2017)

Dates

01/09/2018 - 31/08/2019

Funding for CESAM

38000 €

Total Funding

96000 €

Proponent Institution

Instituto Politécnico de Portalegre

Participating Institutions

  • Carnegie Mellon University

The main goal of this proposal partnership is to understand the viability of using MSW and biomass blends to produce cheaper and high quality syngas for energy purposes (complementary solution to current grid infrastructure), as will as to understand the environmental, health and climate change consequences of this technology use.