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=== Biorenewables Development Centre ===
=== Biorenewables Development Centre ===
{{Infobox provider-microwave treatment|Company=Biorenewables Development Centre|Image=Cropped-logo1.png|Country=United Kingdom|Webpage=http://www.biorenewables.org|Contact=Anna Alessi}}
{{Infobox provider-microwave treatment|Company=Biorenewables Development Centre|Image=Cropped-logo1.png|Country=United Kingdom|Webpage=http://www.biorenewables.org|Contact=Anna Alessi|Technology name=Microwave furnaces|TRL=up to 8|Capacity=30|Power=6|Temperature=up to 1000C|Feedstock=lignocellulose biomass|Processable volume=various|Product=biochar, oil}}
The Biorenewables Development Centre (BDC) is an open-access R&D biorefinery centre, based at the University of York, working at the interface between academia and industry to convert plants, microbes and biowastes into profitable biorenewable products. With biologists, chemists, and business development specialists the BDC team offers a unique combination of multi-disciplinary expertise coupled with pilot-scale processing capabilities in one coordinated centre. Covering a broad spectrum of biorefining technologies, from feedstock assessment to product evaluation, the team specialise in making the most out of biorenewable materials; helping ideas to survive the valley of death; and de-risking the innovation process.
 
The Biorenewables Development Centre (BDC) has a long history of working with microwave technology for synthesis, extraction, hydrolysis and pyrolysis. Our microwave pyrolysis unit  can pyrolyse a variety of biomass which can then be separated into bio-char and fractionated bio-oil using the integral product collection system. Our pyrolysis microwave unit is capable of continuous flow up to 30 kg/hour at variable power (6 kW) and has been custom built by SAIREM for the BDC. This machine is capable of continuous flow up to 30 kg/hour at variable power (6 kW) and has been custom built by SAIREM for the BDC.  This unique patented technology was developed here at York and is particularly novel as it is a low temperature method (less than 200°C) and separates the bio-oil products into more useful groups. The second unit at the BDC is the Carbolite custom furnace - a continuous Inconel tube system with a designed temperature limit of 1000 °C. It allows the heating up of organic material in the absence of oxygen. This furnace has a 50 litre hopper and a heated section length of 2 metres with three programmable heated sections. Material is fed through the furnace via an auger system and can be ran in either continuous or batch mode. The throughput of the furnace is dependent on the material being processed, however there is a 60 litre collection bin and a 20 litre collection pot for any by-products being produced.


=== Biowave Technologies ===
=== Biowave Technologies ===
{{Infobox provider-microwave treatment|Company=Biowave Technologies|Country=Ireland|Contact=info@biowave-tech.com|Webpage=www.biowave-tech.com|Technology name=Microwave pre-treatment|Frequency=0.915|Capacity=500-8000|Power=30,000-300,000|Feedstock=Dairy processing waste, FOG waste, waste activated sludge, agricultural residues, food waste|Product=Digestible feedstock for AD|Image=navygreenlogo.png|TRL=7|Processable volume=500-8000}}
{{Infobox provider-microwave treatment|Company=Biowave Technologies|Country=Ireland|Contact=info@biowave-tech.com|Webpage=www.biowave-tech.com|Technology name=Microwave pre-treatment|Frequency=0.915|Capacity=500-8000|Power=30,000-300,000|Feedstock=Dairy processing waste, FOG waste, waste activated sludge, agricultural residues, food waste|Product=Digestible feedstock for AD|Image=navygreenlogo.png|TRL=7|Processable volume=500-8000}}
Biowave Technologies transform organic waste streams into renewable energy resources.
Biowave Technologies transform organic waste streams into renewable energy resources.
=== MEAM International ===
{{Infobox provider-microwave treatment|Company=MEAM International|Country=Belgium and the Netherlands|Webpage=https://meam-international.com/|Technology name=MEAM Dry series (HR)|Frequency=0.915, 2.45, and 5.8|Power=10 kW to 500 k|Temperature=40 to 120|Capacity=1000 to 150,000|Feedstock=Different industrial food and non-food applications.|Product=Drying, conditioning, heating.|TRL=4 - 9 (depending on specific case)|Contact=Kendra.Rademaker@meam-international.com|Penetration depth=2 - 30|Other=Combination with vacuum chamber is possible|Image=MEAMlogo.png}}
MEAM was founded over 10 years ago by the electronic engineer specialising in high-power EM energy Carlo Groffils. Since then, MEAM has become an international player with offices in Belgium and the Netherlands and successfully delivered over 350 microwave projects to both large and small enterprises. MEAM's focus lies today on the food industry, as well as industrial microwave processing of wood, glass and plastics, and water and solvent-based paint, coating and drying in technical applications. Depending on the process, it is possible to recover the heat from the cooling water or exhaust air to defrost or preheat the product. Combinations with vacuum chambers are also possible.
MEAM can deliver a variety of systems, with a wide variety of process details ranging from TRL 4 to 9. The specific conditions will depend on the exact product and process requirements. To ensure the optimal conditions, MEAM works together with clients for a technical and economic feasibility study. A parametric study will be performed to ensure the optimal conditions will be used in the final set up. Next to the listed processes, MEAM is continuously innovating and working on expanding the range of solutions.
Once a month a training day is organised by MEAM to teach the foundations of the technology and get hands-on experience. Visit the website for more information on the training day.
=== Endeavour Energia Srl ===
=== Endeavour Energia Srl ===
{{Infobox provider-microwave treatment|Company=Endeavour Energia Srl|Country=Italy|Webpage=http://www.endeavoursrl.com/|Technology name=Endeavour Microwave Gasification|TRL=6|Capacity=100|Power=100 - 200 k|Temperature=>1400|Feedstock=Rice and wheat husks, anaerobic digestion digestate, animal litter, woody biomass.|Product=Syngas and biochar}}
{{Infobox provider-microwave treatment|Company=Endeavour Energia Srl|Country=Italy|Webpage=http://www.endeavoursrl.com/|Technology name=Endeavour Microwave Gasification|TRL=6|Capacity=100|Power=100 - 200 k|Temperature=>1400|Feedstock=Rice and wheat husks, anaerobic digestion digestate, animal litter, woody biomass.|Product=Syngas and biochar}}
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The Endeavour Microwave Gasification technology by Endeavour Energia S.r.l. can be used to upgrade waste and biomass feeds, such as rice and wheat husks, woody biomass, sludge from anaerobic digestion and litter from animal farms to electricity, heat, and biochar. According to Endeavour, the technology is characterized by the use of microwave-assisted high temperature gasification (>1400 °C) together with a simplified filtering system in a setup that does not generate waste in need of disposal.
The Endeavour Microwave Gasification technology by Endeavour Energia S.r.l. can be used to upgrade waste and biomass feeds, such as rice and wheat husks, woody biomass, sludge from anaerobic digestion and litter from animal farms to electricity, heat, and biochar. According to Endeavour, the technology is characterized by the use of microwave-assisted high temperature gasification (>1400 °C) together with a simplified filtering system in a setup that does not generate waste in need of disposal.
=== MEAM International ===
{{Infobox provider-microwave treatment|Company=MEAM International|Country=Belgium|Webpage=https://meam-international.com/|Technology name=MEAM Dry S48 HR|Frequency=2.45|Power=48 k|Temperature=Max 70|Capacity=5000|Feedstock=Different industrial food and non-food applications.|Product=Drying, conditioning, heating.}}
MEAM was founded over 10 years ago by the electronic engineer specializing in high-power EM energy Carlo Groffils. Since then, MEAM has become an international player with offices in Belgium and the Netherlands and successfully delivered over 350 microwave projects to both large and small enterprises. MEAM's focus lies today on the food industry, as well as industrial microwave processing of wood, glass and plastics, and water and solvent-based paint, coating and drying in technical applications.
MEAM has developed an adapted continuous system, the MEAM DRY S48 HR, where the S stands for Sheet and HR for Heat Recovery, respectively. Depending on the process, it is possible to recover the heat from the cooling water or exhaust air to defrost or preheat the product.


== Open access pilot and demo facility providers ==
== Open access pilot and demo facility providers ==
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