Low Carbon
Power Generation

We promote a circular and sustainable economy for thermochemical processes such as combustion, gasification, and pyrolysis for biomass and waste

We encompass electro and thermochemical processing of biomass through non-thermal plasma (NTP), a form of plasma technology. NTP operates at room temperatures, has a low power consumption, and is initiated by inducing high voltages through a dielectric barrier. The NTP produces physically excited atoms and molecules, improving process efficiencies and sustainability. The following are the research outcomes from Biomass & Plasma Technologies as of 2021:

• Improving solid fuel combustion efficiency (UI2018002562)

• Reforming biogas for chemical production and for improving efficiency & emission performance of internal combustion engines (PI2018002220)

• Dissociating carbon dioxide into gaseous fuels (PI2018002220)

• Improving biomass fuel quality (PI2019004513 / KR-10-2018-0110998)

• Reducing pollutants from biomass energy (UI2017704720)

• Modification of surface properties (PI2017700765)

We are also currently exploring research on

• Fluidized bed pyrolysis of organic and plastic wastes

• Biomaterials for integration with perovskite solar cells