Biomass Drier for Poland

31-May-2016 - We are pleased to announce that we have received an order for a 3.5m TORBED drier which will be used to dry waste sawdust to manufacture “white” pellets for biomass boilers.  Our customer is Cedrus in Poland who will manufacture parts of the unit under licence from our group.

Fat Free!

31-Mar-2016 - The TORBED reactors ability to provide precision processing makes them ideal for producing snack foods that are not fried in oil.  At the end of March we completed the installation of a second machine at a major international snack food manufacturer.  In another first for the company, this TORBED reactor was manufactured in the UK.

Regeneration in Louisiana

11-Jan-2016 - Torftech first provided a reactor to Catalyst Recovery Louisiana in 1997. Having operated near continuously for nearly 20 years, this reactor, which is used to regenerate spent refinery catalysts, was in need of refurbishment.  Delivery of a package of supplies and spare parts was completed before Christmas.  Once installed, this will allow the reactor a significantly extended life. 

Another good performance!

30-Oct-2015 - The UNFCCC has published its latest annual monitoring report on Angkor Bio Cogen, the rice husk-fired power station in Cambodia that has a TORBED EBR at its heart.  The report and its predecessors remain available on the UNFCCC website under project reference 0363.  These provide easily available external validation of the long term operational effectiveness of the TORBED in an operating power station.  They also confirm the TORBED reactor’s unique ability to combust rice husk without producing crystalline silica ash, which is highly carcinogenic.  In addition to the health benefits, the amorphous silica produced by the TORBED combustor has a wide range of valuable industrial uses.

Group appoints new Finance Director

29-May-2016 - We are pleased to announce that Andrew Bride has joined the board as group finance director.  Andrew has been working with us as an adviser since January 2014 and brings to the group, in addition to his direct financial skills,  many years of experience in the infrastructure sector and a deep understanding of many of the markets in which we work.   Andrew is a Chartered Accountant.  His academic background is in economics.

Successful commissioning of waste coal recovery process

21-Jan-2014 - Torftech is pleased to announce the successful commissioning of a coal slimes recovery plant for Coalstar Pty at EVRAZ (Highveld Steel) in South Africa. A 1m diameter TORBED unit is used to flash dry 2 t/h of ultra-fine coal from slimes. This new process has the ability to be scaled to turn millions of tonnes of hitherto waste and valueless coal into a valuable resource for pulverised fuel (PF) combustion processes without any need for milling the coal feed. This is a major advance in the capability to reduce CO2 emissions from heavy industrial plant through reduction of uncontrolled losses to the environment and removal of need to mill with attendant power consumption.

Torftech Energy to supply combustion technology for 200 MWe Rice Husk powered generation plants

08-Oct-2013 - Hau Giang Power Plant Joint Stock Company and CHE Group Malaysia entered into a joint venture collaboration on September 24th to supply a total of 200 MWe of energy using biomass power plants located in the south western part of Vietnam. There will be 18 to 20 Biomass power plants constructed in strategic locations of which Hau Giang province will be the first to “host” the construction of a 10 MWe power plant. The power plants that will supply the 200 MWe of power will be located in 6 Provinces and installed over the next 5 to 6 years; the construction of the first plant will commence at the end of 2013.

Torftech Energy is supplying its “state-of-the-art” TORBED based combustion system utilizing rice husk as fuel to generate electricity at all of these new plants. These TORBED combustion systems will be manufactured and supplied through the CHE Group from Malaysia under licence from Torftech Energy. This is the 'first of its kind' power plant to be located in Vietnam - one of its unique features is the ability of the process to produce a non-hazardous high quality ash. The production of such an ash provides considerable advantages over conventional combustion plants as the ash can be used as a cement substitute for enhancing concrete strength. The ash generated, using the proprietary TORBED combustion technology developed by Torftech from United Kingdom, has the trade mark ‘Agrisilica’ that guarantees its quality and enables the export of the ash to major economies in the region. This is one of the key factors that permit the additional investment costs that result when using more advanced European Technology.

Mr Douglas Barnes, HM Consul General and Director of UK Trade and Investment in Vietnam, attending the signing ceremony commented “I am absolutely delighted that a British technology has been instrumental in the award of this contract. The emerging biomass and waste to energy markets in Vietnam show enormous potential and it is encouraging that British, Malaysian and Vietnamese companies have collaborated to develop appropriate technologies to meet the anticipated rapidly growing demands in this market sector. This project is a first class example of how innovative UK companies like Torftech are developing their global business through international partnerships”.