UCD School of Biosystems Engineering

The Bioresources Research Centre (BRC) has a portfolio of research projects in sustainable biomass-to-energy (B2E) systems spanning modelling of biomass-to-energy conversion systems sensing technologies for integrated biomass management systems; GIS feedstock energy mapping; biological media for carbon sequestration; biofuels from microalgal hydrocarbons and biomass; pyrolysis and co-pyrolysis of biomass and waste plastics for liquid transport fuels; integrated transport systems and emissions modelling; energy audits of biogas systems for co-digestion feedstock scenarios; optimisation of gasification/co-gasification of willow, miscanthus, cereal straw and peat; Bioresource and product traceability; and anaerobic digestion of animal slurries, grass and maize silage.

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