1. Centre of Excellence WORKGROUP 4 Integrated Technology Transfer WORKGROUP leader Krzysztof Dreszer Ph.D. THERMOCHEMICAL CONVERSION OF SOLID FUELS – THERMOCHEMICAL CONVERSION OF SOLID FUELS – Processes of pyrolysis, gasification and combustion of biomass an wastes

2. Centre of Excellence Establishing of the Communication plan Resulting: implementation of communication plan

3. Centre of Excellence Centre web site construction Resulting: CONBIOT web site is running Site contents: About Events Databases e-mail forum Contact sheet Polish & English version

4. Centre of Excellence Databases preparation and publication Resulting: databases are running Databases structure: FP6 projects database Persons database Organisation databases Technology and devices databases: pyrolysis handling compacting boilers drying gasification

5. Centre of Excellence Professional Training Course: „Methodology of technology transfer and realisation of putting into practice”. Organisation

6. Centre of Excellence The training was delivered by Polish experts from: United Nations Industrial Development Organisation from Warsaw (W. Roman Pawlak, Jerzy Polaczek), University of Silesia from Katowice (Małgorzata Gajos) and by experts from European Union countries: David Baxter – Institute of Energy – Joint Research Centre from The Netherlands Hans Bothe – Environmental, Energy and Process Invitation Energy Systems from The Netherlands Arne E. Jorgensen – Danish International Consulting from Denmark). Three-day training was attended by 24 participants from various domestic and foreign scientific entities as well as service-advisory and industrial companies. Resulting: training course was happened Professional Training Course: „Methodology of technology transfer and realisation of putting into practice”. Organisation

7. Centre of Excellence Preparation and dissemination Centre papers Newsletter nr 1 Invitation to the Conference The first meeting of the Advisory Board Objectives for the future Newsletter nr 2 Conference short report Invitation to the Seminar Monograph „Thermochemical processing of coal and biomass” Newsletter nr 3 Seminar short report Budapest Conference short report Visits E-yearbook 2003 All above and much much more Resulting: papers were published and distributed

8. Centre of Excellence Budapest conference participation

9. Centre of Excellence Biomass and wastes pyrolysis plant The technical projects of demonstration biomass and wastes pyrolysis plant were work out: the technical project of bizonal pyrolyser with dosage equipment, the technical project of dedusting cyclone, the technical project of gas utilization equipment with flare, the support technical project, the project of control-measuring system.

10. Centre of Excellence Programme of air protection in Silesian province comprising the Silesian agglomeration, Częstochowa agglomeration, and Bielsko - Biała - city zone Programme of low dust-gas emission abatement through individual heating rationalization in selected pilotage zones. Environmental protection works Resulting: transfer of coal and biomass new boilers for individual heating

11. Centre of Excellence Clean coal 2003 – Ministry of Economy contracted project Technologies for coal utilization: pyrolysis, coal utilization in power stations, heat engineering in industry, municipal and residential heat engineering, coal processing into liquid products, smokeless fuels and ecological fuels. the cards of technology as well as system of economical analysis were have worked out. System contents : optimalizing modeling, fuel and technology efficient study, macroeconomic rating.

12. Centre of Excellence Problems and observations will be shown on next presentation