{"id":256,"date":"2016-06-30T10:52:52","date_gmt":"2016-06-30T09:52:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lmk-energy.fr\/?page_id=256"},"modified":"2026-08-27T11:05:19","modified_gmt":"2026-08-27T10:05:19","slug":"torrefaction","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.lmk-energy.fr\/en\/nos-procedes\/torrefaction\/","title":{"rendered":"Roasting"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:post-content -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><b data-path-to-node=\"10\" data-index-in-node=\"0\">Biomass Torrefaction: High-Performance Process<\/b><\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The LMK torrefaction process is an industrial technology developed to upgrade, optimize, and standardize solid biomass fuel.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><i data-path-to-node=\"12\" data-index-in-node=\"0\">Prototype installed at the LMK Energy facility in Mazingarbe, France.<\/i><\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:list -->\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li><br><p data-path-to-node=\"13,0,0\"><b data-path-to-node=\"13,0,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\">Technology:<\/b> Direct-heated moving-bed reactor. Heat treatment occurs continuously inside a vertical column with counter-current flows of biomass and hot gases.<\/p><br><\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item -->\n\n<!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li><p data-path-to-node=\"13,1,0\"><b data-path-to-node=\"13,1,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\">Thermal Profile:<\/b> Biomass moves through an inert gas stream reaching temperatures up to 240\u00b0C (for wood).<\/p><br><\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item -->\n\n<!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li><p data-path-to-node=\"13,2,0\"><b data-path-to-node=\"13,2,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\">Material Transformation:<\/b> Following drying, temperature increases drive off light volatile organic compounds and degrade hemicellulose polymers, breaking down the fibrous matrix for enhanced grindability.<\/p><br><\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item -->\n\n<!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li><p data-path-to-node=\"13,3,0\"><b data-path-to-node=\"13,3,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\">Discharge:<\/b> Torrefied product is discharged at the base of the column and cooled.<\/p><br><\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item --><\/ul>\n<!-- \/wp:list -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><b data-path-to-node=\"14\" data-index-in-node=\"0\">Properties of &#8220;Green Coal&#8221; (Bio-Coal)<\/b><\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Refined solid fuel produced from lignocellulosic biomass (forestry or agricultural residues) serving as a drop-in replacement for fossil coal in power and heat generation.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:list -->\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li><br><p data-path-to-node=\"16,0,0\"><b data-path-to-node=\"16,0,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\">Higher Heating Value (HHV):<\/b> 20.5 \u2013 24 GJ\/t<\/p><br><\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item -->\n\n<!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li><br><p data-path-to-node=\"16,1,0\"><b data-path-to-node=\"16,1,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\">Moisture Content:<\/b> Less than 5%<\/p><br><\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item -->\n\n<!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li><br><p data-path-to-node=\"16,2,0\"><b data-path-to-node=\"16,2,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\">Operational Advantages:<\/b> Higher energy density, superior grindability, and easier handling, storage, and transport compared to raw biomass.<\/p><br><\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item --><\/ul>\n<!-- \/wp:list -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Biomass Torrefaction: High-Performance Process<\/p>\n<p>The LMK torrefaction process is an industrial technology developed to upgrade, optimize, and standardize solid biomass fuel.<\/p>\n<p>Prototype installed at the LMK Energy facility in Mazingarbe, France.<\/p>\n<p>Technology: Direct-heated &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":254,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-256","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"translation":{"provider":"WPGlobus","version":"3.0.5","language":"en","enabled_languages":["fr","en"],"languages":{"fr":{"title":true,"content":true,"excerpt":false},"en":{"title":true,"content":true,"excerpt":false}}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lmk-energy.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/256","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lmk-energy.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lmk-energy.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lmk-energy.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lmk-energy.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=256"}],"version-history":[{"count":32,"href":"https:\/\/www.lmk-energy.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/256\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":703,"href":"https:\/\/www.lmk-energy.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/256\/revisions\/703"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lmk-energy.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/254"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lmk-energy.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=256"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}