Klas Engvall
Professor
Tel: +46 (0)8 790 89 95
Research field / interests
The research focuses on many aspects of improving fluidised bed gasification technology and upgrading of raw gas. For example, investigations of efficiency and fuel and bed flexibility using difficult fuels, such as, straw and different fractions of household and industrial waste. Other examples are intelligent and selective tar cracking using combinations of tar cracking catalysts, as well as process integration combining the tar cracking ability of metallic iron materials with particulate removal in sintered candle filters. The two last examples embrace many aspects of basic and applied scientifically interesting application of catalysis in thermochemical conversion systems. Another field of interest is development of novel technology for gas and particle separation to be applied in the gasification process and in the down stream upgrading. This involves research on both a fundamental and applied level. The prospects to apply developed techniques also in other processes where gas and particle separation is needed are large. This work is carried out in cooperation with the Mechanics department at KTH.
Teaching activities
My teaching activities include:
- Lectures on the course KA1010 Technology for Sustainable Development 5.0 credits. Subject of lectures: Sustainable production of fuel for vehicles
- Lectures on the course KE2130 Renewable Fuel Production Processes 4.5 credits. Subject of lectures: Biomass gasification