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Energy efficient liquefaction of biomaterials by thermolysis
A thermolysis process for liquefaction of biomass solids in which specific and previously unrecognized conditions are employed. The thermolysis is carried out in a single fluidized bed of inert material operating at near atmospheric pressure, relatively low temperature, long solids and gas residence times and moderate heating rates. The distribution of the thermolysis products among liquid (bio-oil), solid (char) and gases under these conditions is unique. In particular, contrary to the prior art, both high liquid and low char yields are obtained. Furthermore the liquid is of similar composition to those obtained by so called fast pyrolysis processes of the prior art. The specified conditions are such as to allow production of liquids in high yields in an energy efficient manner. The low severity of the conditions in comparison with previous approaches allows simplified process design and scaleup leading to lower capital and operating costs as well as easier control.
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This invention relates generally to the conversion of biomass to liquid, solid (char), and gaseous products by heating in a substantially non-oxidizing atmosphere in a single fluid bed of inert solids, and specifically to those processes where the intention is to produce principally a liquid product ("bio-oil") for use as a fuel or as a source of chemicals. Processes of this kind are accurately described as thermolysis although they are usually referred to as pyrolysis.BACKGROUND
U.S. Pat. No. 3,853,498, (Bailie, December 1974) discloses a process for gasification of municipal waste by pyrolysis in a twin fluid bed reactor in which inert solids are circulated between the beds. Pyrolysis processes which circulate sand from one reactor to another can be expensive, difficult to operate continuously or inefficient.
U.S. Pat. No. 4,153,514, (Garrett and Mallan, May. 1979) discloses a pyrolysis process for recovery of chemical values from waste solids using a so called "entrained flow pyrolyzer". It is basically a circulated bed transport reactor where the solid heat carrier is the char by-product of pyrolysis. The char is partially burnt to raise its temperature to 870 C. This hot char is injected into the pyrolyzer where it is mixed turbulently with the feed. In this process the char and liquid yields were 19.8 wt % and less than 40% respectively at 430.degree. C. The liquid yield is extremely low. This might be attributed to the fact that catalytic cracking action of hot pyrolysis char on biomass liquids was not recognized by the inventors, (M. L. Boroson et al, "Heterogeneous Cracking of Wood Pyrolysis Chars over Fresh Wood Char Surfaces", Energy and Fuels, Vol. 3, p. 735, 1989).
U.S. Pat. No. 4,510,021 (Sowards, April 1985) discloses a process for conversion of combustible wastes like wood or sawdust to charcoal by pyrolysis in a fluidized bed. This is a partial oxidation process with no bio-oil production whatsoever. The removal of the char product is accomplished by self-regulated, automatic elutriation when the density of the charcoal particles falls to a sufficiently low value--the so called "blow through mode".
Canadian Patent No. 1,163,595, (Chornet and Roy, March 1984), discloses the production of organic products and liquid fuels from lignocellulosic materials by vacuum pyrolysis. This process will be referred to as Sherbrooke Vacuum Pyrolysis. Importantly, it was pointed out that most of the condensable organics are released before 530.degree. C. and that reaction beyond 530.degree. C. produces mainly additional gas from the residual char. Furthermore, it was claimed that high liquid yields could be obtained even at heating rates as low as 1.degree. C. per minute with residence times of approximately 1 second for volatile products. This patent also discloses that in the vacuum pyrolysis of biomass, liquid yields decreased with increasing pressure and that the pressure in the reaction zone should be maintained at no more than 100 mm/Hg (absolute pressure). There is a clear penalty in capital and operating costs for maintaining this degree of vacuum. Moreover, vacuum processes in general suffer from poor heat and mass transfer.
Canadian Patent No. 1,241,541, (D. S. Scott, 1988) describes a single shallow fluidized bed apparatus for pyrolysis of biomass. It was claimed that with this apparatus it would be possible to obtain liquid yields in excess of 45 weight % at gas residence times of 0.1 to 10 seconds. In the only example presented the pyrolysis temperature was 500.degree. C. In a subsequent patent, (Canadian Patent No. 1,332,580, October 1994), Scott describes conditions for maximizing liquids in fast pyrolysis processes. This fluidized bed process has come to be known as the Waterloo Flash Pyrolysis Process. Among the results presented it was disclosed that the char yield at 430.degree. C. and the preferred residence times of 0.6 seconds was 30.5 wt %. The short residence times stipulated in these patents are such that pyrolysis would be likely to be incomplete at temperatures below 500.degree. C. This conclusion appears to be substantiated by the high "char" yield, and its surprisingly high oxygen content (greater than 30%) reported for 425.degree. C., (D. S. Scott, ENFOR Project C-223, Final Report, 1984).
Canadian Patent, (Berg, 1991) discloses a non-fluidized bed apparatus for so called "Rapid Thermal Processing" in which provision is made for rapid mixing of two different solids. No pyrolysis results were given however. The patent only describes an apparatus for mixing impinging jets of solids which can potentially be applied to biomass thermal processing.
U.S. Pat. No. 5,413,227, (Diebold, May 1995) discloses an apparatus for ablative pyrolysis of biomass in a vortex type reactor in which the required pressure for ablation is generated by centrifugal forces. This is an innovative approach to pyrolysis as no heat carrier solids are required. The main criticism is that the centrifugal forces required for good heat transfer diminish rapidly with decreasing particle size. Furthermore the best reported yields of bio-oil were obtained at close to 600.degree. C.
There has been extensive research, on both the laboratory and pilot plant scale, into the production of bio-oil by pyrolysis. The general conclusion is that among non-vacuum processes, high yields of bio-oil can only be obtained by so called Fast Pyrolysis processes. The latter have the following common features: high rate of heat transfer, moderate temperatures (500.degree.-650.degree. C.) and a short (of the order of 1 second) residence time of product vapor in the reactor. They result in a high yield (up to 65-80%) conversion of biomass into liquid product.
The general philosophy of this approach has been clearly summarized as follows by Graham (R. G. Graham, B. A. Freel, D. R. Huffman, "Developments in Rapid Thermal Processing: Biomass Fast Pyrolysis", presented at the 6th European Conference on Biomass for Energy, Industry and Environment, Athens Greece, April, 1991):
"Fundamental research in the 1970's clearly demonstrated that high yields of non-viscous liquid products could be obtained from biomass at the expense of char production under conditions of fast pyrolysis. These conditions include:
Fast Heating of the Feedstock (rapid heat transfer)
Short Contact Times
Rapid Product Quench.
. . Fast pyrolysis techniques must be clearly distinguished from conventional "slow" pyrolysis which typically produces low-value, secondary chemicals and a 20-30% yield of heavy (viscous) "tar". Fast pyrolysis of wood or other biomass provides a high yield (70-90%) of a primary liquid product.
. . Fast pyrolysis processes are, therefore, fundamentally different from slow pyrolysis in terms of chemistry, overall yields and quality of products."
Fast pyrolysis systems described in the technical literature include the following: (1) ablative pyrolysis (Diebold, J. P., Scahill, J., in "Pyrolysis Oils from Biomass: Producing, Analyzing, and Upgrading," Soltes, E. J., Milne, T. A., Eds., ACS Symposium Series No. 376, American Chemical Society, Washington, D.C., 1988, pp 31-40), (2) circulating fluid bed pyrolysis, (Ensyn Rapid Thermal Pyrolysis, Graham, R. G., Freel, B. A., Bergougnou, M. A. in Research in Thermochemical Biomass Conversion, Bridgwater, A. V., Kuester, J. L. Eds., Elsevier Applied Science, New York, 1988, pp 629-641), (3) shallow fluid bed pyrolysis (Waterloo Fast Pyrolysis Process, Scott, D. S., Piskorz J., Radlein D. Ind. Eng. Chem., Process Des. Dev. 1985, 24, p 581) and (4) entrained flow pyrolysis (Kovac, R. J., Gorton, C. W., O'Neil, D. J., Thermochemical Conversion Program Annual Meeting, Solar Energy Research Institute, Golden, Colo., 1988, SERI/CP-231-3355, pp 5-20.),
It is also useful to compare the results of Vacuum Pyrolysis with those of Fast Pyrolysis. In a recent publication Pakdel and Roy (H. Pakdel and C. Roy, in Biomass Thermal Processing, Proceedings of the First Canada/European Community R&D Contractors Meeting, October 1990, E. Hogan, J. Robert, G. Grassi and A. V. Bridgwater (eds.), CPL Press, p. 144), show that maximum yields of liquids in excess of 60 weight % can be obtained by vacuum pyrolysis of wood at temperatures in the range 380.degree.-550.degree. C. On the other hand, in atmospheric pressure fast pyrolysis maximum liquid yields are obtained at temperatures in the range 480.degree.-550.degree. C. and short vapour residence times.
Furthermore the liquids obtained by fast pyrolysis are known to be of somewhat different chemical character from those obtained by vacuum pyrolysis. For example, the total liquid yield from vacuum pyrolysis of hardwoods is around 60 weight and the water yield around 20 weight %, both on a moisture free feed basis By comparison, fast pyrolysis of the same feedstocks typically give total liquid and water yields of 65-80 weight % and approximately 15 weight %, respectively, on a moisture free feed basis. Approximately as a further example, two key products which distinguish fast pyrolysis liquids from vacuum pyrolysis liquids are hydroxyacetaldehyde and acetic acid. It was reported by Elliott (D. C. Elliott, IEA Co-operative Test Facility Project D1, Final Report, December 1983) that the respective concentrations of these chemicals in the water free organic liquids obtained by pyrolysis of poplar were 11.4 and 5.7 weight % by Waterloo Flash Pyrolysis and 7.0 and 12.0 weight % by Sherbrooke Vacuum Pyrolysis.
In summary, the current state of the art of pyrolysis may be characterized briefly by the reactor temperatures and contact times as follows:
______________________________________ Reactor Type Temperature, .degree.C. Reaction Time ______________________________________ Ultra Fast Reactors 800 100 milliseconds or less Fast Pyrolysis Reactors 475-650 Up to a few seconds Thermolysis Process of 375-450 1 to 60 seconds this invention Vacuum Pyrolysis Less than 400 Several minutes Destructive Distillation Less than 400 Hours of Wood ______________________________________SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
According to the invention there is provided a process for the thermolysis of shredded biomass to produce liquid which is similar in composition to the liquid produced from fast pyrolysis. The process comprises introducing the biomass, shredded to a sufficiently small size so that its size does not limit significantly the production of liquid, into a thermolysis reactor having a bed of inert material with a height to width ratio greater than one, introducing substantially non-oxidizing gas upwardly through the bed at a linear velocity so as to cause automatic elutriation of product char and fluidizing of the bed of inert material to form a fluidized bed and heating indirectly the fluidized bed so that the substantially non-oxidizing gas and fluidized bed have a temperature in the range of 360.degree. to 490.degree. C. and the substantially non-oxidizing gas and fluidized bed cause the thermolysis of the biomass producing an effluent reactor stream comprising hot char particles and volatiles, namely, gas, aerosols, and vapours. The process includes removing the elutriated char particles from the effluent reactor stream, and quenching the gas, aerosols and vapours to partly liquify the vapours and aerosols so that the vapours and aerosols do not contact dry surfaces of the quencher whose temperatures are in the range of 100.degree. C. to 360.degree. C. The fluidized bed is sufficiently deep so that the residence time of the substantially non-oxidizing gas in the reactor is greater than 2 seconds.
Preferably, the mass of non-oxidizing gas to biomass is less than 2 to 1.
It has become clear that economic production of liquid fuels from biomass by pyrolysis requires technologies featuring simplicity of design, scaling up, operation and control as well as flexibility of operation. For example, the use of wastes and other contaminated feeds implies decoupling of char collection from heat generation. This diminishes the attraction of a circulating fluid bed approach where a solid heat carrier is contacted with char particulates in a combustion/heat generation step. Independent heat supply and eventual char disposal would therefore provide greater flexibility of operation.
We have found that the nature of bio-oil vapours and aerosols is such that useful high-temperature heat cannot be recovered from the reactor effluent by simple heat exchange; instead the product must be rapidly quenched. Consequently thermal efficiency requirements dictate that these quenching requirements be minimized, This implies that the system should use as small a gas recycle ratio as possible and that the reactor effluent be at as low a temperature as is feasible. The lowest such temperature which prevents fouling of surfaces are in the range 380.degree.-420.degree. C. These requirements are difficult to obtain in reactors where hot inert solids are in circulation and in thermal vortex type ablative pyrolyzers. On the contrary, so called "adiabatic quenching" is very beneficial and attainable in standard fluid bed systems including deep; shallow, bubbly, turbulent, etc. beds. The endothermic nature of bio-oil cracking should be utilized to maximize liquid yields by "freezing" secondary thermal decomposition.
A disadvantage of many rapid pyrolysis systems like shallow fluid beds, circulating fluid beds, entrained flow reactors, etc. is the large mount of carrier gas required to maintain short contact times. This gas represents increased capital and operating costs and incurs a penalty of loss of thermal efficiency for the reasons explained above.
Recycle gas containing carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide methane and organic vapours can be a source of small quantities of micro carbon-like particulates in high temperatures regimes. This soot like material is usually collected with the bio-oil and for some applications, for example as fuel for internal combustion engines, can render the oil unsuitable. Thus preheating of the recycle gas stream above 600.degree. C. should be avoided.
The requirement of low solids content of the bio-oil also favours the use of pyrolysis systems in which attrition/abrasion of solids is minimized. This, therefore, is a general problem for all fluidized bed processes
It is well established in the scientific literature (M. L. Boroson, J. B. Howard, J. P. Longwell, and W. A. Peters, A. I. Ch. E. J., Vol. 35, p. 120-128, 1989); that the cracking kinetics of the primary volatile products of pyrolysis are favourable (i.e. slow) in a homogenous environment below 500.degree. C. Thus, introduction of foreign solids into the reactor free space changes the conditions to heterogeneous and this augments cracking of primary products to yield more gases and pyrolytic water.
Some systems (circulating beds) suffer from dynamic constraints like choking, back mixing of product vapours, bed expansion above that which is optimal for heat transfer considerations. Other systems are not widely used or researched and are yet to be proven and independently verified.
The disadvantages of the use of shallow fluidized beds for production of high liquid yields from biomass has been stressed in the recent technical literature. A principal criticism has been that the scale-up of such equipment is difficult and expensive because of the severe requirement of short residence times characteristic of Fast Pyrolysis. For example Berruti et al. ("Study of the performance of a large fluidized bed with multiple feed points for flash biomass pyrolysis", presented at the International Conference on Fluidization Engineering Foundation, Banff, Alberta, May, 1989.) point out that: "The scale-up of a sand fluidized bed for flash biomass pyrolysis is not an easy task. Mixing and dispersion of the solid reactant, gas residence time, entrainment of solids products and temperature distribution are extremely important parameters. The same concepts and considerations apply to any situation where the gas-solid reaction studied is fast (combustion, ultrapyrolysis, gasification). One of the limitations in designing a large scale fluid bed for biomass pyrolysis is the depth of the reactor, dictated by the narrow range of gas residence times allowable for an optimal organic liquid production. As a results, the reactor has to be large and shallow. In a large and shallow fluidized bed it becomes necessary to introduce the solids biomass feed to the bed through multiple feed points to achieve a relatively even distribution through the reactor . . ."
More recently Freel and Graham, ("Method and Apparatus for a Circulating Bed Transport Reactor System", PCT/CA91/00022) point out that: "This reactor system fulfills the requirement of rapid heating rate, controlled elevated temperature, and relatively short average residence time; however, a major limitation of the shallow bubbling fluidized-bed reactor, centres on the inability to effectively achieve economical scale-up to industrial applications. While a fluidized-bed can be scaled up, the requirement for acceptable fluidization properties requires a corresponding scale-up of the bed depth which does not allow the specific short average residence time to be maintained . . ."
The requirement of short residence times for bio-oil production as stipulated by the prior art can in fact be traced to the belief that very high heating rates are required to obtain high liquid yields with optimal reaction temperature being about 500.degree. C. However it has been established (M. L. Boroson, J. B. Howard, J. P. Longwell, and W. A. Peters, A. I. Ch. E. J., Vol. 35, p. 120, 1989) that at this temperature and above,secondary thermal cracking of the volatile products increases gas yields at the expense of liquid. Thus the requirement of short gas residence times in single fluid beds implies that they should be shallow beds which leads to the aforementioned difficulties in scaling up.
Therefore if it could be demonstrated that pyrolysis was feasible at lower temperatures and long solids residence times with minimal decrease in primary liquid yield then the simplicity of the classical deep fluid bed would once more make it an attractive approach to biomass pyrolysis.
It was with astonishment that we discovered that, contrary to the prevailing views on the conditions necessary to obtain high liquid yields in biomass Fast Pyrolysis, high yields of liquids of similar composition to those from fast pyrolysis could in fact be obtained by employing a deep fluid bed at relatively low temperature, moderate heating rates and relatively long solids and gas residence times. In particular we discovered that thermolysis in a deep fluid bed at atmospheric pressure, with temperatures in the range 360.degree.-490.degree. C., and gas residence times in the range 2-25 seconds, liquid yields and compositions similar to those of from Fast Pyrolysis at much higher temperatures and very short residence times (0.5-1 second) could be obtained.
These new conditions are such as to facilitate significant enhancement of the thermal efficiency and to reduce capital and operating costs of biomass pyrolysis to liquids, which is especially important for fuel applications in which the economics are presently very marginal.
Table 1 compares the product distribution obtained by the disclosed thermolysis process with those from other current Fast Pyrolysis processes.
According to the present invention, high liquid (bio-oil) yields, comparable to those obtained by Fast Pyrolysis at much higher temperatures, (500.degree. C.), are obtained by thermolysis at the preferred temperature of 430.degree. C. at atmospheric pressure in an indirectly heated deep fluidized bed. On the other hand, at 430.degree. C., Fast Pyrolysis of hardwoods produces liquid yields of only about 60 weight %.
In another aspect of this invention, the composition of the liquids are similar to those from Fast Pyrolysis. For example, from a hardwood feed we obtained a total liquid yield of about 75 weight % and water yield of about 12 weight %, both on a moisture free feed basis. The concentrations of hydroxyacetaldehyde and acetic acid in the water free organic liquids were 11.4 weight and 4.4 weight %, respectively, which are typical of Fast Pyrolysis processes.
In yet another aspect, the char yields from the disclosed process are far lower than those from Fast Pyrolysis at comparable temperatures. Moreover, the char can be thermally annealed in a suitable char converter vessel to give char yields even lower than from Fast Pyrolysis at 500.degree. C.
TABLE 1 ______________________________________ Comparison of Yields from Various Pyrolysis Processes. Yields, Wt % Hardwoods Sawdust Feed Temperature Bio- Process .degree.C. Char Oil Gas ______________________________________ Waterloo Fast Pyrolysis.sup.a 425 30.5 59.6 5.9 Waterloo Fast Pyrolysis.sup.b 500 7.7 78.0 10.8 Ensyn Rapid Pyrolysis.sup.c 425 30.5 59.6 5.9 Pyrolysis Present Process 430 12.5 74.3 10.1 Present Process with Char Converter @ 800.degree. C. 430 4.5 73.0 19.0 ______________________________________ .sup.a D.S. Scott, "Pyrolysis of Biomass to Produce Maximum Liquid Yields", Canadian Patent No. 1,332,580 .sup.b C. Peacocke, Ablative Pyrolysis of Biomass, Ph.D. Thesis, Aston University, 1994, P. 172. .sup.c G. Underwood, R. G. Graham, "Method of Using Fast Pyrolysis as Liquid Smoke", U.S. Pat. No. 4,994,297.
The results reported by J. A. Knight, C. W. Gorton (in "Oil Production by Entrained Flow Pyrolysis of Biomass", Bioenergy 84, H. Egneus, A. Ellegard, (Eds.) Elsevier Applied Science, 1985, pp 914, Vol. 3) may also be mentioned here. In a so called "entrained flow pyrolyzer" the yield of char was 19. 8 weight and the oil yield below 40 weight at 430.degree. C. These results are especially notable as they were obtained at temperatures similar to the ones proposed here, and yet produced a very different product distribution; in particular the liquid yields reported in the Knight article are far lower and char yields far higher than in the process of the present invention. In fact, the foregoing result is understandable in that the two processes exhibit some very different characteristics. In particular the entrained flow system uses process gas as the source for direct heating of the biomass in contrast to the solid-solid contacting fluidized bed employed in the present invention. Furthermore, the entrained flow system is a dilute phase in contrast to the dense phase of a bubbling fluidized bed. The liquid yields of the present invention are believed to be optimal from the point of view of energy efficiency and cost of production. The simplicity of design, simplified technology and environmentally sound solid-char treatment are additional bonuses.
A well known fluidized bed biomass pyrolyzer is that operated by Union Fenosa in Spain according to the aforementioned Waterloo Fast Pyrolysis Process (Pyrolysis Network for Europe, Minutes of Second Meeting, November, 1995, Appendix 7). The Union Fenosa pyrolyzer features a shallow fluidized bed operating at 500.degree. C., 50 kPa gauge pressure and 0.5-1 second gas residence time. However, it has the unfortunate limitation that heat delivery is tied to the thermal capacity of recirculated product gases which cannot be heated in the recuperator to temperatures greater than 900.degree. C. Thus, increasing the heat supply requires increasing the gas recirculation which puts additional load on the quenching system, demister units and compressor which must compensate for the increased overall pressure differential.
By contrast, in the process of the present invention, the use of lower pyrolysis temperatures, deep fluidized beds and long gas residence times facilitates the use of basic heat exchangers and economizers to provide an independent heat supply to the bed on account of the more favourable temperature differential with the bed and the greater bed depth. For example the utilization of tube banks or similar heat transfer devices is characterized by high solid to solid heat transfer coefficients guaranteeing high heat fluxes to the bed. At bed temperatures of 400.degree. C. the temperature differential between the sand and tubes can be as high as 600.degree. C. or more.
Additionally, the use of an indirectly heated system makes it possible to place a char converter sub-system within the heat exchanger which can treat the already hot char product to temperatures of 800.degree. C. or more. Such a char converter causes additional generation of gas and volume reduction of the char by thermal annealing. Since it is known that metals in the feed will tend to end up in the char product, especially at lower pyrolysis temperatures, this sub-system can be particularly beneficial for heavy metal contaminated feedstocks for which the product chars must be disposed off by land-filling where volume reduction and stabilization of the char is economically beneficial. Furthermore such a sub-system provides the option to convert the char to specialty carbons. For example activated carbons may be generated quite easily by coupling a CO.sub.2 or H.sub.2 O purge to the char converter.
Another benefit to this system of char gasification is that it solves a known problem in the direct combustion of biomass, particularly, those having high ash content like straws. That ash content has an alkaline salt which produces severe corrosion problems. With this invention the char can be completely gasified in the char converter to give an ash product and fuel gas. By using this combination of pyrolysis and gasification, the system of this invention can be used in place of direct biomass combustion.
The low permissible fluidization gas velocities disclosed by this invention reduces attrition of the biomass particles which tends to produce contamination of the bio-oil product by very fine "micro-carbon" char particles. Micro-carbon contamination of the bio-oil leads to difficulties in pumping the oil through nozzles in fuel applications as well as technical and environmental problems associated with contamination of the oil by metal ions. This in turn makes it necessary to implement cold filtration of the liquid bio-oil product or on-line hot gas filtration of the vapours from the pyrolyzer (J. P. Diebold et al, Bio-Oil Production and Utilization, Proc. 2nd EU-Canada Workshop on Thermal Biomass Processing, A. V. Bridgwater and E. N. Hogan (Eds.), CPL Press, 1996, p. 66). It is therefore a benefit of this process that these difficulties are eliminated or reduced.
Yet another potential benefit of this invention is that at the low processing temperatures disclosed, the bio-oil liquid product is likely to contain a greater concentration of oxygenated functional groups like aldehydes and carboxylic acids. This is important for bio-oil applications like Bio-Lime (trademark), (see U.S. Pat. No. 5,458,803), acetals production (see European Patent Application 95309400.0) and organic slow release nitrogen fertilizers (see European Patent Application 95308934.9) in which these functional groups are reacted with lime, alcohol and ammonia respectively, or liquid smoke (see U.S. Pat. No. 4,994,297).
In another beneficial aspect the use of a sufficiently deep fluid bed operating under conditions in which the gas is in plug flow and the solids are back-mixed is the possibility of partial gasification of the char in the fluid bed itself, provided that the feed point is sufficiently above the entry point of the fluidizing gas. In this case it will readily be apparent to those skilled in the art how the required back-mixing of solids may be augmented by means of draft tubes and the like.
In yet another beneficial aspect, the use of a sufficiently deep fluid bed allows the use of tube banks immersed in the bed to provide for indirect heating.BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
The novel features believed characteristic of the invention are set forth in the appended claims. The invention itself, however, as well as other features and advantages thereof, will be best understood by reference to the detailed description which follows, read in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, wherein:
FIG. 1 is a schematic illustration of the thermolysis system.DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT
The biomass feed for the process may consist of wood sawdust, bark, yard waste, waste lumber, agricultural wastes, peat, paper mill wastes, cellulosic wastes, municipal solid waste, food processing wastes, sewage sludge and the like.
The biomass to be thermolyzed is dried to less than 10 weight % moisture content and ground to less than 3 millimeters in its shortest dimension. Referring now to FIG. 1, the prepared feedstock is stored in hopper 101 from which it is metered by means of a variable screw-feeder to a constant speed screw-feeder 102 which transfers it rapidly to the thermolysis reactor 205.
In the reactor 205 is a deep fluidized bed 211 of inert material capable of withstanding temperatures up to 1500.degree. C., for example silica sand. In order to have good fluidization at the low gas flow rates the particle size of the bed material should preferably be in the range of about -20 to +100 mesh. The fluidizing gas comprises recycle product gas which is distributed through distributor plate 209. The size of the reactor 205 is chosen according to the designed feed capacity of the system.
Of significance is the discovery that gas residence time in the bed is no longer a major design limitation. Consequently the bed depth is now constrained only by the requirement that the linear gas velocity through the bed be in the range 10-80 centimeters per second. This range allows product char particles to be blown out of or eluviated from the bed automatically when thermolysis is complete. In a practical system the gas residence time may exceed 10 seconds. There is no specific requirement on the residence time of biomass solids although it is recognized that an excessive inventory of char product in the bed can promote bio-oil cracking leading to loss of liquid product. Nevertheless these problems are mitigated by the low thermolysis temperatures disclosed in the invention.
The effluent from the reactor 205 consists of a mixture of recycle gas, together with the product vapours, aerosols, gases and char particles,
Char particles are removed from the effluent in cyclone 206 which in this embodiment is internal to the reactor 205 in order to easily fulfill the previously stated requirement that the product vapours and effluent should not be allowed to contact dry surfaces at less than 380.degree. C. Nevertheless it is also possible to place the cyclone 206 external to the reactor 205 so long as this requirement is fulfilled.
The effluent is conveyed via transfer line 207 to the product collection sub-system. This line must also be maintained at greater than 380.degree. C. The optional connection 208 provides a means to separate a portion of the reactor effluent to provide supplemental fuel for process heat.
The effluent then enters scrubbing tower 403 where it is directly quenched by a suitable liquid such that the combined liquid product exiting the bottom of the scrubbing tower 403 be no hotter than 60.degree. C. The combined liquid product is stored in tank 404. In the particular embodiment illustrated here the quench liquid is liquid bio-oil which is cooled in heat exchanger 402 to a temperature below 60.degree. C. However this is not a limitation as other liquids, including immiscible liquids, which may even be reactive may be used if desired.
After quenching there will usually be a small amount of aerosol persisting which must be removed in demister 405 and collected in tank 406. This demister 405 may be of any suitable type, for example electrostatic precipitators, packed beds, Venturi demisters, mesh coalescers etc.
The clean gas product leaving the demister 405 is typically a low to medium BTU gas consisting principally of carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide and methane. It is recycled by compressor 201 for use as the recycle fluidizing gas.
Some of the product gas is burned along with a supplemental fuel, for example natural gas or propane, in combustor 203. The combustor flue gas is passed through heat exchanger 204 where it delivers heat to the fluidized bed material. In this particular embodiment the heat exchanger consists of tubes. However, the heat exchanger could also be a jacket surrounding the reactor at the level of the fluidized bed 211. The flue gases exit heat exchanger 204 at less than 600.degree. C. and are further used to pre-heat the combustion air by means of heat exchanger 202A and the recycle fluidizing gas by means of heat exchanger 202.
The optional char converter subsystem consists of the catch-pot 301 which functions as a gasifier. In the illustrated embodiment char gasification is accomplished by heating vessel 301 by the combustor flue gas. Carbon dioxide 304 may optionally be injected into vessel 301 to promote further gasification or char activation. The final solid char or ash product is removed by the screw conveyer 302 and collected in bin 303.
Alternations and modifications of the embodiment described herein will become apparent to those skilled in the art. Therefore the scope of this invention should not be unduly restricted by this description which should only be limited by the appended claims.
1. A process for the thermolysis of shredded biomass to produce liquid similar in composition to liquid produced from fast pyrolysis, comprising:
- (a) introducing the biomass, shredded to a sufficiently small size so that its size does not limit significantly the production of liquid, into a thermolysis reactor having a bed of inert material with a height to width ratio greater than one;
- (b) introducing substantially non-oxidizing gas upwardly through the bed at a linear velocity so as to cause automatic elutriation of product char and fluidizing of the bed of inert material to form a fluidized bed;
- (c) heating indirectly the fluidized bed so that the substantially non-oxidizing gas and fluidized bed have a temperature in the range of 360.degree. to 490.degree. C. and the substantially non-oxidizing gas and fluidized bed cause the thermolysis of the biomass producing an effluent reactor stream comprising hot char particles and volatiles, namely, gas, aerosols, and vapours;
- (d) removing the elutriated char particles from the effluent reactor stream; and
- (e) quenching the gas, aerosols and vapours to partly liquify the vapours and aerosols so that the vapours and aerosols do not contact dry surfaces of the quencher whose temperatures are in the range of 100.degree. C. to 360.degree. C.
- wherein the fluidized bed is sufficiently deep so that the residence time of the substantially non-oxidizing gas in the reactor is greater than 2 seconds.
2. A process according to claim 1, wherein said substantially non-oxidizing gas is recycled fluidizing product gas which, after quenching, is recirculated.
3. A process according to claim 1, wherein the residence time of the substantially non-oxidizing gas is greater than 2 and less than or equal to 25 seconds.
4. A process according to claim 1, wherein said substantially non-oxidizing gas is substantially in plug flow.
5. A process according to claim 1, wherein said fluidized bed is heated by means of heat exchange between hot gases and the fluidized bed.
6. A process according to claim 1, wherein said substantially non-oxidizing gas has a temperature of 430.degree. C.
7. A process according to claim 1, wherein the velocity of the substantially non-oxidizing gas through the fluidized bed is in the range of 10 to 80 centimeters per second.
8. A process according to claim 1, wherein the pressure of the fluidized bed is in the range of -100 to +100 kiloPascals gauge.
9. A process according to claim 2, wherein the mass ratio of substantially non-oxidizing gas to biomass is less than 2:1.
10. A process according to claim 1, wherein the biomass comprises particles having a smallest dimension of less than or equal to 3 millimeters.
11. A process according to claim 1, wherein said quenching step is done with quenching liquid.
12. A process according to claim 11, wherein the quenching liquid is cooled liquid bio-oil.
13. A process according to claim 11, wherein said effluent reactor stream is quenched with an inert non-miscible liquid.
14. A process according to claim 1, wherein the char is collected and held in a char converter at temperatures above 600.degree. C. in order to gasify the char.
15. A process according to claim 1, wherein the char is collected and held in a char converter at temperatures above 600.degree. C. and including purging the char with carbon dioxide and water to generate activated carbon.
16. A process according to claim 1, wherein the char is collected and held in a char converter at temperatures above 600.degree. C. for a time sufficient to reduce the volume of the char by thermal annealing.
17. A process according to claim 1, including adding oxygen or air at the bottom of the deep bed such that there is oxygen starvation at a feed point of the biomass.
18. A process for the thermolysis of shredded biomass to produce liquid similar in composition to liquid produced from fast pyrolysis, comprising:
- (a) introducing the biomass particles having a smallest dimension less than 3 millimeters into a thermolysis reactor having a bed of inert material with a height to width ratio greater than one;
- (b) introducing substantially non-oxidizing gas upwardly through the bed at a linear velocity in the range of 10 to 80 centimeters per second so as to cause automatic elutriation of product char and fluidizing of the bed of inert material to form a fluidized bed;
- (c) heating indirectly the fluidized bed to a temperature in the range of 395.degree. to 465.degree. C. and said substantially non-oxidizing gas and said fluidized bed cause the thermolysis of the biomass particles producing an effluent reactor stream comprising hot char particles and volatiles, namely, gas, aerosols, and vapours;
- (d) removing the elutriated char particles from the effluent reactor stream;
- (e) quenching the gas, aerosols and vapours to partly liquify the vapours and aerosols so that the vapours and aerosols do not contact dry surfaces of the quencher whose temperatures are in the range of 100.degree. C. to 360.degree. C.; and
- wherein the residence time of the substantially non-oxidizing gas in the fluidized bed is greater than 2 seconds;
- and wherein the ratio of the mass of the substantially non-oxidizing gas to that of the biomass particles is less than 2 to 1.
19. A process according to claim 18, wherein the pressure of the fluidized bed is in the range of -100 to +100 kiloPascals gauge.
20. A process according to claim 18, wherein the char is collected and held in a char converter at temperatures above 600.degree. C. in order to gasify the char.
21. A process according to claim 18, wherein the char is collected and held in a char converter at temperatures above 600.degree. C. and including purging the char with carbon dioxide and water to generate activated carbon.
22. A process according to claim 18, wherein the char is collected and held in a char converter at temperatures above 600.degree. C. for a time sufficient to reduce the volume of the char by thermal annealing.
23. A process according to claim 18, including adding oxygen or air at the bottom of the deep bed such that there is oxygen starvation at a feed point of the biomass.
24. A process according to claim 18, wherein the particle size of the material in the bed of inert material is in the range of -20 to +100 mesh.
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Type: Grant
Filed: May 20, 1996
Date of Patent: Mar 17, 1998
Assignee: RTI Resource Transforms International Ltd. (Waterloo)
Inventors: Jan Piskorz (Waterloo), Piotr Majerski (Waterloo), Desmond Radlein (Waterloo)
Primary Examiner: Thomas G. Wyse
Law Firm: Myers Liniak & Berenato
Application Number: 8/650,947
International Classification: C10B 4910;


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Hey! Next concert is on the 23rd of October. :)
Meteleska is preparing for recording...
Today we have another concert finally. Be welcome!
We are looking forward to the Milovice concert!
1th concert went good - thanks for your support!
New photos in gallery
We had concentration training this weekend and it went great!
We just put our BIO on the website:
Meteleska Bio
It seems that first concert will be in June :)
We had full Meteleska session finally. Thanks Meteleska!

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Luis Esquenazi, MD
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I speak: English, Spanish
My gender: Male
Where I practice
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- No urgent care services
- No after-hours services
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About me
Welcome to my Web page. I am happy to tell you about my practice as a family physician. I feel very fortunate to work among my wonderful colleagues and patients at Kaiser Permanente, and I look forward to working with you to care for your health. Hablo español y me enorgullece poder atender a mis pacientes que hablan español.
I was born in Cuba and moved to the United States as a child, where I was raised in the East Los Angeles and Montebello areas. I am fluent in both English and Spanish. I did my premed studies at UCLA and completed my medical training at the USC School of Medicine. I completed my residency at Presbyterian Hospital in Whittier, where I specialized in family practice. While in Los Angeles, I had more than 10 years of experience working both as a private practitioner and in a group setting. I now live in beautiful San Diego and am proud to work with a fine team of physicians. I have been practicing medicine for more than 25 years.
About my practice
I believe that healthy living and preventive care are the best ways to stay healthy, but I am also here to help when you are ill. I want to be your partner in health, and it helps me better care for you when you are actively involved in taking care of your health. I speak fluent Spanish and enjoy communicating in my native language with members to make health education more effective. I believe that education is a very important part of overall health care.
How I thrive
Outside work, my family life is my highest priority. I enjoy family outings to the beach, parks, and local San Diego attractions. For a healthy lifestyle, I strive to run 20 to 30 minutes every day, and exercise and stretch as well. I try to eat a healthy diet and set an example for my patients and family. Swimming in a pool, playing tennis, reading, and listening to relaxing music are things I love to do and would do more often if I had enough time. Our young daughter, two responsible older children, and extended family keep my wife and me very busy and family-centered.
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Medical schoolUniversity of Southern California Keck School of Medicine
Board certification
Family MedicineAmerican Board of Family Medicine
Medical training
Family PracticeUniversity of Southern California School of Medicine
Family PracticePresbyterian Intercommunity Hospital
Joined Permanente Medical Group2006
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License typePHYSICIAN AND SURGEON
License issuing stateCALIFORNIA
National Provider Identifier (NPI)1700959848
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Crohn's Research
In this section, you can find out all about the Crohn's research that forCrohns funds. Our mission is to fund research that helps those with the condition today and contributes to finding a cure for Crohn's Disease in the future. One day we will beat Crohn's Disease. The more research we do, the sooner that day will come.
To date we have invested over £500,000 into Crohn's Disease research covering a wide variety of studies into the disease. These include investigations leading to a greater understanding of the condition, diagnosis, symptoms, treatments and psychological impact.
You can find out details of some of the projects we have funded since 2008 here. Please note that this section is due to be updated with the latest findings shortly.
- Development of a novel prognostic classification system for fistulising perianal Crohn's disease – Cambridge – IN PROGRESS
- Pilot study on feasibility and safety of a standardised intraoperative small bowel ultrasound protocol – Portsmouth – IN PROGRESS
- Assess the clinical efficacy of the novel CD-TREAT diet in patients with active Crohn's disease – University of Glasgow – IN PROGRESS
- The key to predicting therapeutic response to antic-TNFαin Crohn's disease – King's College London – IN PROGRESS
- 3D printing of complex perianal Crohn's fistulas – IN PROGRESS
- Evaluation of a psycho-educational group for patients with inflammatory bowel disease – Salford Royal NHS Trust – IN PROGRESS
- Developing a low food-additive-emulsifier diet as a new approach to managing Crohn's Disease – King's College London – IN PROGRESS
- Identifying the genetic determinants of thiopurine toxicity – University of Exeter Medical School – IN PROGRESS
- New mobile app to assess quality of life in patients with perianal and fistulating Crohn's – IN PROGRESS
- Pilot study of patient directed monitoring of Crohn's disease using Faecal Calprotectin – IN PROGRESS
- Does the relationship between bacteria and fungi in the gut play a role in causing Crohn's – IN PROGRESS
- Does the gut handling bacteria in an abnormal way lead to Crohn's
- Sarcopenia as a predictor of Anti-TNF response in Crohn's disease
- Blood tests to measure the levels of adalimumab and infliximab and antibodies to these drugs in the blood
- Optimising outcomes following surgery in Crohn's Disease
- The Role of Vitamin D in Crohn's Disease (Part 2)
- Optimising Thiopurine Therapy in Inflammatory Bowel Disease: A Search for Biomarkers Predicting Thiopurine Hypermethylation
- The impact of group psychotherapy in young adults with Crohn's Disease


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TBY talks to Sherene Azli, CEO of the Malaysia Health Travel Council (MHTC), on tapping into growing markets from around the world, creating medical hubs across the country, and goals for the future.
BIOGRAPHYSherene Azli spearheads the MHTC, an agency under the Ministry of Health Malaysia, as its CEO. She has been entrusted with the task of leading the agency in its mission to coordinate and facilitate the development of healthcare travel within the country, to promote global awareness of the Malaysian healthcare industry, and to position Malaysia as the preferred destination for world-class healthcare services. She holds an MBA from the University of Durham in the UK and a bachelor's of business studies in accounting and finance from the University of Limerick in Ireland.
Do you anticipate growth to continue to come from Indonesia or do you also tap into new markets?
In becoming a regional destination, we cannot rely on just one country, despite the fact that typically about 60% of all medical travelers come from Indonesia. Indonesia has itself embarked on a path for national health insurance and we should therefore grow other markets such as the Middle East and CIS countries, as well as China, Bangladesh, Australia, and New Zealand. In each of these countries, we focus on offering niche treatments whereas in Indonesia we offer all treatments. Singapore is another country where we believe we can grow, as medical costs there are sky high. On top of that we have medical travelers from the UK, Japan, Korea, India, and the US; however, these are often expats working in the region. We have offices abroad in Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City, Dhaka, Jakarta, Hong Kong, and Yangon and also look to set up in the Middle East, most likely in Saudi Arabia or the UAE. In healthcare, trust is important and therefore our physical presence overseas is necessary. In terms of numbers, we had 850,000 medical travelers in 2015, and we target 1 million for 2016. Total revenue in 2015 was more than MYR900 million, and for 2016, we target MYR1.3 billion. We want to drive the industry forward and aim high to push our boundaries.
How will the medical corridors of Penang, Johor, and Malacca drive the industry forward?
Penang has been a destination for medical travelers for many decades and is ahead in terms of promotion. The state is responsible for 50% to 60% of the total number of medical travelers coming into Malaysia; half of the patients in Penang hospitals are medical tourists. Penang has the whole ecosystem in place: excellent hospitals, an end-to-end service, and an active medical tourism association. We can learn from Penang and want to create similar hubs in other states. Malacca has experience with tourism influx. There is the Mahkota Medical Centre, which has been attracting medical travelers for some years. Malacca also has The Orchard, a unique hotel that provides preventive and recuperative healthcare and wellness treatments. These elements together give Malacca a strong value proposition for medical tourism. Johor Bahru is also a natural destination because of its proximity to Singapore and Indonesia. Our challenge in Johor was that we did not have hospitals with capacity previously. In the recent years, we have seen significant developments there, particularly with the opening of Gleneagles Medini and the growth of the Regency and KPJ hospitals. In general, when we choose areas to promote, we look at availability, existing hospitals and their capacity, and the overall tourism infrastructure. Our next destination would be Sabah and Sarawak, starting with Kota Kinabalu, where there is a strong appeal from China, Australia, and New Zealand.
What is your opinion of the growth of the medical equipment industry?
Medical equipment is indeed one of the fastest growing industries in Malaysia. Both medical devices and consumables, such as rubber gloves, are major contributors to the sustainability of the health sector at large. The fact that these goods are produced locally has a spillover effect in that our medical centers do not need to import them, which supports affordability factor. The industry is not under our mandate; however, when we travel abroad to promote our healthcare, we often discover potential new markets and collaborations for this industry.
What are your goals for this year?
We continue to drive promotion to become the number one medical travel destination in the region. The immediate objective here is to create awareness. We want to become the top-of-mind medical travel destination by 2020. We also want to increase our global presence in all of our target markets. By 2020, we want total revenues of MYR4 billion in the sector as a whole, including the wellness and preventative healthcare, alternative healthcare, and traditional Chinese medicine.
Charting a Wide Course Through a Narrow Sea
Deft Malaysian diplomacy reassured Beijing of its good intentions without making major concessions in security, trade, or maritime travel; subtly maintained strong ties to the United States; kept Japan in the loop; and held ASEAN together in the face of mounting Chinese pressure.read article
Focus: The ASEAN Economic Community
Great potential, greater responsibilities
Often overlooked for its nexus at one of the most peaceful junctures of the world—and hence as somehow less dynamic than the Middle Kingdom or as awe-inspiring as the ever-exciting Middle East—the ASEAN block is nonetheless not to be taken lightly.read article
Tun Musa bin Hitam, Chairman, World Islamic Economic Foundation (WIEF)
TBY talks to Tun Musa bin Hitam, Chairman of the World Islamic Economic Foundation (WIEF), on doing business across religious lines, improving global Muslim society, and implementing ethical lending systems.read article
Dato' Kamaruzzaman Abu Kassim, President & Chief Executive, Johor Corporation (JCorp)
TBY talks to Dato' Kamaruzzaman Abu Kassim, President & Chief Executive of Johor Corporation (JCorp), on managing a wide portfolio, the new Ibrahim International Business District, and the role of China in the region.read article
Tan Sri Dato' Sri Abdul Wahid bin Omar, Former Minister, Prime Minister's Department of Malaysia,
TBY talks to Tan Sri Dato' Sri Abdul Wahid bin Omar, Former Minister in the Prime Minister's Department of Malaysia, on reducing oil dependency, boosting sustainable infrastructure, and preparing for rainy days.read article
Dato' Dzulkifli Mahmud, Former CEO, Malaysia External Trade Development Corporation (MATRADE)
TBY talks to Dato' Dzulkifli Mahmud, Former CEO of Malaysia External Trade Development Corporation (MATRADE), on youth entrepreneurship, attracting Fortune 500 firms, and high aerospace aspirations.read article
Focus: Legacy Of Tan Sri Zeti Aziz
Big shoes to fill
The departure of Dr. Zeti Akhtar Aziz from Negara's top position kept many uneasy for a period of time. While a satisfactory successor has been chosen, Aziz leaves behind a legacy of one of the world's most renowned central bank leaders.read article
Datuk Sazali Hamzah, Managing Director/CEO , PETRONAS Chemicals Group (PCG)
TBY talks to Datuk Sazali Hamzah, Managing Director & CEO of PETRONAS Chemicals Group (PCG), on the group's major achievements in recent years, prospects for expansion, and pursuing further opportunities.read article
Mohd Zamzam bin Jaafar, CEO, Malaysia Nuclear Power Corporation (MNPC)
TBY talks to Mohd Zamzam bin Jaafar, CEO of the Malaysia Nuclear Power Corporation (MNPC), on the progress being made on the path toward nuclear energy, the international and national guidelines that are being followed, and the regional perspectives on nuclear energy.read article
Y.B. Dato' Seri Ong Ka Chuan, Second Minister , International Trade and Industry
TBY talks to Y.B. Dato' Seri Ong Ka Chuan, Second Minister for International Trade and Industry, on the benefits of cooperating with China, focusing on technological advancements, and its areas of focus under the Eleventh Malaysia Plan.read article
Datuk Dr. Mohd Yusoff Sulaiman, President & CEO, Malaysian Industry-Government Group for High Technology (MIGHT)
TBY talks to Datuk Dr. Mohd Yusoff Sulaiman, President & CEO of Malaysian Industry-Government Group for High Technology (MIGHT), on how to incorporate innovation into traditional fields of expertise and the importance of partnership in encouraging fresh ideas.read article
Dato' Madani Sahari, CEO, Malaysia Automotive Institute (MAI)
TBY talks to Dato' Madani Sahari, CEO of Malaysia Automotive Institute (MAI), on creating the optimum environment for energy efficient vehicles, developing the human capacity to bring this industry to Malaysia, and the potential the automotive industry has for Malaysia and the wider region.read article
Tan Sri Dato' Seri Ahmad Ramli Mohd Nor, Executive Deputy Chairman & Managing Director , Boustead Heavy Industries Corporation (BHIC)
TBY talks to Tan Sri Dato' Seri Ahmad Ramli Mohd Nor, Executive Deputy Chairman & Managing Director of Boustead Heavy Industries Corporation (BHIC), on leveraging experience and partnerships to branch out into global markets and how recent developments are shaping the ambitions of the company going forward.read article
Ashran Dato' Ghazi, CEO, Malaysian Global Innovation & Creativity Centre (MaGIC),
TBY talks to Ashran Dato' Ghazi, CEO of Malaysian Global Innovation & Creativity Centre (MaGIC), on the company's partnership with Uber, entrepreneurship development, and the many resources at MaGIC's disposal.read article
Datuk Ir. Khalilur Rahman Ebrahim, Executive Chairman, System Consultancy Services (SCS)
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Wan Suraya Wan Mohd Radzi, Senior Director, Sectoral Policy Division of the Ministry of International Trade and Industry
TBY talks to Wan Suraya Wan Mohd Radzi, Senior Director at the Sectoral Policy Division of the Ministry of International Trade and Industry, on what initiatives are accompanying the Aerospace Blueprint and how the sector will help Malaysia become a sector leader in ASEAN and beyond.read article
Shamsul Kamar Abu Samah, CEO, National Aerospace Industry Coordinating Office (NAICO)
TBY talks to Shamsul Kamar Abu Samah, CEO of the National Aerospace Industry Coordinating Office (NAICO), on ambitions for the sector, including the 3M Global Aerospace Future Landscape project between Malaysia, Mexico, and Morocco.read article
Datuk Badlisham Bin Ghazali, Managing Director, Malaysia Airports Holdings Berhad (MAHB)
TBY talks to Datuk Badlisham Bin Ghazali, Managing Director of Malaysia Airports Holdings Berhad (MAHB), on the ambitions of Kuala Lumpur International Airport's expansion and MAHB's plans for its surrounding land, as well as overseas plans.read article
Saji Raghavan, Country Director-Malaysia & Brunei, Rolls-Royce
TBY talks to Saji Raghavan, Country Director-Malaysia & Brunei at Rolls-Royce, on the local demand for a strong aerospace industry, the role partnerships will play in meeting the Malaysian Aerospace Blueprint, and its strategy going forward.read article
Datuk Seri Mah Siew Keong, Minister, Plantation, Industries and Commodities
TBY talks to Datuk Seri Mah Siew Keong, Minister of Plantation, Industries and Commodities, on the role of commodities in the national economy, driving innovation, and the potential for the rubber industry.read article
Datuk Dr. Sharif Haron, Director General, Malaysian Agricultural Research and Development Institute (MARDI)
TBY talks to Datuk Dr. Sharif Haron, Director General of Malaysian Agricultural Research and Development Institute (MARDI), on fruit diversity, working with universities, and innovation in domestic rice production.read article
Tuan Syamsani Tuan Mansor, COO, Putrajaya International Convention Centre (PICC)
TBY talks to Tuan Syamsani Tuan Mansor, COO of the Putrajaya International Convention Centre (PICC), on the growing MICE segment, working to increase the exposure of the center, and plans for the future.read article


text: Good morning! So today is the day that we'll be working out the kinks for that move over to WordPress I've been telling you about all this time – meaning things will probably get a little crazy here on ABS. In the interim I just have one little request – I'd appreciate it if you could hold off on the comments until Thursday morning, purely because I don't want to lose any in the move! Older comments are being transferred over as we speak, but I don't the newer comments to get lost in the time it takes to shift from blogger to wordpress (which is why I haven't posted any of my giveaways yet – clever me, huh? =P). Thanks for all your support and hopefully you'll see a new and improved ABS within the next 24 hours or so!


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Ke Aloha Aina.
He lei he aloha keia la,
No kuu one hanau,
Kona mau kualono uliuli,
Na lau nahele kupaoa.
Hui—Puili mai a paa iloko,
Ke aloha i ka aina,
Haliu i ka Mea Mana,
A e ola no ka lahui.
He aloha la he aloha,
No kuu lahui oiwi,
I hookahi puuwai,
Kupaa me ka lokahi.
He aloha la he aloha,
Ka makani o ka aina,
I ka pa kolonahe mai,
A ka makani la he Moae.
E alu ka pule i ka Haku,
Me ka naau haahaa,
E noi me ka walohia,
E maliu mai no Ia.
Na ke Aliiaimoku.
A song of adornment, a song of love,
For my homeland,
Her verdant mountainsides,
The fragrant forest foliage.
Chorus—Embraced and held tightly within,
Love for this land,
Look towards the Almighty,
And the lahui shall live.
A song of love, a song of love,
For my native people,
Of one heart,
Steadfast in unity.
A song of love, a song of love,
The wind of the land,
Blowing gently
The wind, the Moae.
Pray as one to the Lord,
With humble hearts,
Beseech with reverence,
He shall pay heed.
By the Ruling Alii]
[Sometimes just doing a search using terms like "Liliuokalani," "Liliu," "Liliuonamoku," "Liliuonalani," "Moiwahine," &c., will not bring up all there is to find…
It would be very useful if there perhaps was a central place where people could add their finds to various topics, like in this case, mele by Liliuokalani.]
(Makaainana, 10/5/1896, p. 1)


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150-151 Drury Lane, Holborn, West End, London, WC2B 5TB
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Branding and identity
Creative concepts
Design and artwork
Short run digital
Website design
Web and Mobile UI
There's nothing as revitalising as a freshly squeezed fruit juice. Except for a freshly rebranded business of course! Our redesign for Juicy B's has refreshed the whole brand from top to toe, with lots of added zing. We've packed their added goodness into our new packaging, print and digital work too.


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The girls football section of Marlborough Youth FC (MYFC 'Angels') began in the Spring of 2014. It started when Natalie Davidson asked her Dad (Jon Davidson) if they could set up a girls football team. Jon was already a volunteer at MYFC so just one week later, Natalie and her Year 6 friends attended the first 'girls only' football session in College fields in Marlborough. The Angels were born!
After a win in their very first tournament, and supported by Alex Muse (Sports Development Officer East), MYFC sought and received funding from Wiltshire Council to run a 6 week pilot for girls football. The pilot went amazingly well with c.70 girls attending and the Angels' birth and development were principal among the reasons Marlborough Youth FC was voted Wiltshire Sports Club of the Year in 2014.
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5 Things I Learned about Design in a Michelin Star Kitchen
In 2015, I spent a year working as a Pastry Cook in the searing heat of a Michelin Star kitchen so I could become a thick-skinned badass who stood up for herself. On the first day, I was yelled at in front of the entire kitchen of 30 by the head chef /owner. No I don't know what I did wrong.
A lot of people ask me what it's like in a Michelin Star kitchen.
"Is it all Gordon-Ramsay-flying-spit status?"
I always laugh.
"But yeah," I'd say, "Pretty much."
But it's not just about the rain. In a Michelin Star kitchen, you're expected to crush it, day in and day out.
"Everything has to be on point. All the time. All. The. Time."
No matter what kind of trash talk, pressure, physical things are thrown your way. A plate on a 250 cover night is expected to look exactly the same as a plate on a 70 cover night. They don't care that you had 40 seconds as opposed to 140 to finish an order. Time is just an excuse.
In a Michelin Star kitchen you push through everything.
Sickness, food poisoning, hangover, sleep deprivation, hunger, injuries, breakups, family emergencies. Taking a day off is a sign of weakness.
"Don't complain to me about working 6 day weeks. All the sous worked 4 months straight with no days off when we opened."
"If you wanted holidays to spend with your family, you're in the wrong business."
There are no excuses.
In case you're wondering, I'm no longer in the restaurant business, unless you count the eating business. I am now a product designer working with startups to improve their digital products, but I want to share with you five takeaways I've found to be impactful beyond the restaurant industry.
1. Shrug Rigidity
The kitchen is set up in a way that holds individuals responsible for specific items. But no one person or one station is completely autonomous. It's a team effort or "one team one dream" as we used to call it.
When s**t goes down (and it goes down a lot) it's up to us to make it work with whatever we've got. The people who work and thrive in a restaurant kitchen all have one thing in common: we aren't afraid of change. We think on our feet, we adapt, we try new things, we get critiqued, we get yelled at, and we're comfortable with it.
And this is synonymous to what a design process looks like. You can plan and prep all you want, but sometimes things fall apart, clients are unhappy, files are lost. You've just got to think on your feet and make do with what you've got.
It's ok to put out work-in-progress, it's not ok to get defensive about critique. It's ok to try new things and have it fail spectacularly; it is not ok to stubbornly stick to process and routine. It is ok to lean on each other; it is not ok to bail during tough times. In the end all that matters is doing good work. Doing correct work. Doing it as a team.
2. Decide. Execute. Fail. Repeat.
Everything I put on a plate goes out there, to a real person, with real eyes and a real mouth and stomach and tastebuds and everything.
The first plate I ever plated was atrocious, I apologize to that unfortunate soul — I bet you gained a few karma points. But I did it without hesitation, got critiqued, and did it again. Every plate is part of a constant process of improvement. It's about perfectionism in the long run, not about perfectionism in the moment.
A lot of designers are scared of showing the works-in-progress out of pride, fear of criticism, or of appearing incompetent. It is important to show work early, show it often, and never let the feedback define your self worth.
It's business. Not you.
3. Internalize Satisfaction
Contrary to what Food Network has made you believe, as a chef, you rarely get recognized for your work. When was the last time you had a truly mind blowing meal? Did you think of the people who slaved over it 14 hours a day for three straight months without any days off?
It's similar for designers. Good design is often invisible. When it's done well, no one talks about you (which suits my on-going plan of staying out-of-the limelight but that's a separate problem for me to handle).
Coming from the background I come from, I've one piece of advice to give: learn to internalize the sense of satisfaction. I cannot hinge my metric of success on whether the client tells me he loves me and wants to adopt me as a third daughter. Sometimes they will be angry. Sometimes they will be disappointed. All you've got to tell yourself is, "I did the right work. I made the right decisions." That should be all you need to feel proud of a project.
Internalize that gratification.
4. Exhibiting Discipline
After one year in the kitchen, I walked away with my guiding principle:
OHIO — Only Handle It Once
If it's a matter you can finish in one go and finish well, do it. No one likes sifting through a file and aligning all the elements to the grid, but if it can be done once and done right, take 2 hours and get it out of the way.
And if you don't like what you're doing, do it faster.
I often ask myself and ask my friends when we want to put off doing something undesirable, "Will it be easier to do this now or to do it later?"
If the answer is now, do it now. Stop being lazy. No negotiations.
If it's later, do it later. This is a mixture of priority and efficiency. Find the balance and only handle it once.
I once sillily lined up 6 usability tests back to back with no breaks in between. I could've cancelled, but it was easier to just push through and do it then. So we did. The four of us powered through 12 back-to-back usability tests in one go. And it was glorious.
5. Grow Thick Skin
And of course, I cannot finish this article without touching on the stress aspect of working in a kitchen. When I began my time in the restaurant business, I had one goal in mind: grow thick skin.
Growing up, I was an intensely introverted and reserved girl with overactive tear ducts and traitorously large eyes. Tears come and there is no way to hide them. And I did not want to be the sensitive girl who cried in stressful situations.
Remember how I got yelled at on my first day? Oh yeah, you guessed right, I definitely cried. And that for sure wasn't the last time. Times get rough in a kitchen, when it gets to be too much, you take 10 seconds to breathe and let the tears out, but your hands don't stop, your feet don't stop.
Though cursing and abuse [hopefully] don't exist in the design world, working with clients and stakeholders can still be intensely stressful. A lot can be said about someone who remains cool and composed even in times of high pressure, and that's definitely a skill useful in any role.
In beautifully symmetric symbolism, on my last day in the kitchen I also got yelled at by the head chef/owner. This time, I calmly looked at him, explained myself, and walked away.
No tears. No cringing. No hurt feelings.
Just a new layer of thick skin ready for all kinds of arrows life wants to throw at me.
*Now, there are truck loads (and then some) of people with much more experience, insight, wisdom to offer than I have. Hopefully they can find some morsels in my post to identify with. I would love to hear opinions, stories, or anything at all from dear chef friends out there. Thanks for reading my two cents.
**All photos and plating done by yours truly. Creation credit to my tremendously talented head pastry chef Melissa.
More about me: I am Product Designer who intertwines a degree in psychology with the creative processes of a Michelin-Starred kitchen to produce products beautiful in UI, elegant in solution. You can follow my adventures on Instagram or visit me on the web here.


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It is only fitting that United Technologies is poised to buy assets from its cross-state rival General Electric. At least in the eyes of shareholders, United Technologies — the manufacturer of Otis elevators, Pratt & Whitney jet engines and Sikorsky helicopters — has emerged as the more successful of the two industrial conglomerates, both based in Connecticut.
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