BEST - Bioenergy and Substainable Technologies GmbH

Founded

2003

Staff

95

Organization type

research and education institutions

Region

Styria

Focus R&D

basic research
applied research

Research area

environmental biotechnology

BEST - Bioenergy and Sustainable Technologies GmbH is a K1 Competence Centre in the Austrian COMET programme and closes the gap between academic research and industrial technology development by undertaking industry-driven applied research and development in the fields of bioenergy, the sustainable bio-based economy, and future-proof energy systems.

R&D:BEST is working on the scientific and technological basis for processes which use biomass and waste to produce heat, electricity, gaseous and liquid energy carriers and sources, and basic materials for the chemical industry. The company also carries out research on the joint use of bioenergy and other renewable energy supply technologies as a means of providing efficient, sustainable and economic solutions for the energy system of the future.

Services:- Advanced solid fuel and ash wet chemical analysis - Emission formation from thermochemical solid fuel conversion processes (combustion, gasification, pyrolysis) - Advanced real-life assessment methods for biomass boilers and stoves - CFD simulation of thermochemical and biotechnological processes - Development and implementation of advanced automation and control concepts for thermal processes and systems - Optimization based planning of microgrids - GHG mitigation studies