RENEWABLE ENERGIES

CNETE PRODUCES

  • Bioenergy
  • Syngas
  • Smart energy storage systems (power to gas)
  • Alternative fuels

CNETE CAN HELP YOU WITH

  • Characterizing and quantifying your residual material deposits
  • Recovering organic residues
  • Turning your residues into fuel (anaerobic digestion and bio-drying)
  • Refining your biofuels (biomethane, biohydrogen)
  • Optimizing biofuel production (optimization of blends and processes)
  • Choosing the appropriate biogas production system
  • Improving performance and reducing the environmental impact of renewable energy production technologies (for example, process water treatment, wind turbine de-icing, etc.)
  • Developing smart energy storage methods (power to gas)
  • Quantifying GHGs associated with bioenergy production
  • Controlling residue generation during biofuel production
  • Validating thermochemical processes (drying, combustion, torrefaction, pyrolysis)
  • Characterizing and identifying potential applications for biological and thermochemical recovery by-products (fertilizer, soil amendment, mineral deposits, etc.)

REPLACE FOSSIL FUEL ENERGY WITH BIOENERGY

STAR RESEARCHER

Antonio Avalos Ramirez

Areas of expertise: anaerobic digestion, biomethanization, catalytic processes, thermochemistry, process engineering

OUR POINTE EQUIPMENTS

  • Analytical platform (ICP OES, HPLC, GC-MS, Fluorescence RX, ion chromatograph, etc.)
  • Methanization platform (from BMP to 4.5 m3 digester)
  • Thermogravimetric scale coupled with mass spectrometer (TGA-MS)
  • Calorimeter bomb
  • Membrane gas purification platform
  • Microbial population monitoring platform
  • Fermentation platform for 1 L, 2 L, 5 L, 10 L, 40 L, and 700 L

Anaerobic digesters (biomethanisation)


HTGS (performance validation) and spinning machine (hollow fibre membrane production)

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ÉVITEZ DES ÉTAPES DE PRODUCTION ET AUGMENTEZ VOTRE EFFICACITÉ ENERGÉTIQUE

SCIENTIFIC INNOVATION TO SUPPORT YOUR COMPANY!

  • If you are looking to find an alternative solution to selling your residues at low price or paying for their disposal
  • If you are looking to get carbon credits and produce energy using your residues
  • If you are looking to make an energy transition and produce energy using your industrial production processes or organic matter
  • If you are looking to identify the energy potential of your residues
  • If you are looking to develop a biomethanization process or optimize your aggregate of inputs in order to improve or stabilize yields and the quality of the biogas produced

CNETE IS HERE TO HELP!

EXPERTISE

  • Green chemestry and chemical engineering
  • Microbiology
  • Process engineering
  • Bioenergy
  • Separation processes

Gaz chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS)


700 L bioreactor (for the scaling up of bioprocesses) with a pressurization capacity of 5 bars)

SOME OF OUR TECHNOLOGY TRANSFERS

Semer                                                                                

Development and optimization of the biomethanization process for the Rivière du Loup-based plant.
Biogas plant: 2M-litre digester .

USE YOUR RESIDUE TO PRODUCE ENERGY OR HIGH ADDED VALUE PRODUCTS

EBI (RESIDUAL MATERIAL MANAGEMENT COMPANY)

Deposit characterization and energy potential definition

Solucycle (RESIDUAL MATERIAL RECOVERY COMPANY)

Development of pre-treatment for odour control during residual material storage.
With CNETE’s help, complete elimination of odours for the 30-day duration of the storage was achieved.

REDUCE YOUR ENVIRONMENTAL FOOTPRINT AND IMPROVE YOUR CORPORATE IMAGE

LTE Hydro Québec

Optimization of coagulation and membrane filtration processes for the treatment of deep geothermal power plant water.

EMISPec 

Determining the energetic value of waxed cardboard residues. Analysis of carton combustion. By-products, such as biochar, were obtained.

TURN LOSSES INTO PROFITS AND DEVELOP NEW PRODUCTS

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