PYROLIQ III – 2025: Pyrolysis and Liquefaction of Biomass and Wastes

Following the successful Pyroliq I and II conferences held in Cork, Ireland and Schloss Hernstein, Austria in 2019 and 2023 respectively, the Pyroliq III conference will be a forum for discussion of the recent advances in liquefaction technologies of biomass, organic residues and wastes to intermediate products like bio-oil, biochar, syngas and torrefied materials. This will include slow, intermediate and fast pyrolysis, hydropyrolysis, solvent liquefaction and hydrothermal processing. A special session will be dedicated to pyrolysis-liquefaction of wastes from fossil origin, such as plastics. The refining and/or upgrading of resulting product intermediates using standalone facilities or co-processed taking advantage of existing infrastructure will be also an important topic for this conference. Final products are derived after proper fractionation, isolation, purification and/or upgrading, and contributions addressing the processing to marketable materials, chemicals and fuels are especially invited. This discussion will include techno-economic analyses and life cycle assessments. The conference will also offer a platform to those who are able to report on commercially successful processes. After the success of the first and second Pyroliq conferences, we feel that this 3rd edition is timely, and that it will be an important event to foster friendly and deep face-to-face discussions that could further catalyze the growth of this industry.