The FHNW's combustion laboratory offers extensive infrastructure for carrying out thermal decomposition processes in a controlled manner and recording all material and energy flows.
Our Offer
We support you with our infrastructure for research and development projects in the field of thermal and material utilisation of biomass. This makes it possible to set up project-specific test benches and carry out measurement campaigns, for example in the following areas:
- Optimisation of gasification and combustion processes
- Prototype construction
- Design and construction of test benches
- Investigations into alternative fuels
- Gas combustion test bench (gas turbines)
- Extensive measurement technology (with QMS due to accredited test centre activities)
- Large number of traceable measured variables
- Pyrolysis and biochar production
Get in touch with us
For more information or to discuss a collaboration, please contact Nemo Lohberger.
Infrastructure
- Water cooling system for systems with a thermal output of up to 200 kW
- Exhaust gas discharge with adjustable negative pressure
- (Combustion) gas mixing system and gas combustion test rig
- Overhead crane
- Area with increased room height for larger superstructures up to 7 metres with a lifting platform for safe access.
- Gas warning system and flooding detector
Measurement infrastructure
Measurement of gaseous emissions:
- Oxygen (paramagnetic, electrochemical)
- Carbon dioxide (NDIR)
- Carbon monoxide (NDIR, electrochemical)
- Nitrogen oxides (chemiluminescence)
- Sulphur dioxide (electrochemical)
- Volatile organic compounds (FID)
- Polychlorinated dioxins and furans
- Polyaromatic hydrocarbons
- Many other gaseous compounds (FTIR)
Particulate matter emissions:
- Gravimetric measurement method
- Online measurement of particle count, mean ge-om. diameter, LDSA (respirable surface area (DiSC,CPC)
- Soot number measurement
Pressure measurement:
- Traceable reference temperature up to 500°C
- PT-100 resistance thermometer
- Thermocouples
Pressure measurement
- Piezoresistive 10 bar
- Inductive 50 Pa
Weight measurement
- Up to 3’000 kg
Flow measurement
- Coriolis flow meter
- Exhaust gas velocity measurement
- Hot wire anemometer
Other
- Airborne sound emissions
- Electrical power measurement
The combustion laboratory is part of the FHNW Institute of Bioenergy and Resource Efficiency
Institute of Bioenergy and Resource Efficiency
The energetic utilisation of biomass and the optimisation of material and energy flows are the focus of our scientific work.