Clean Combustion and Process Heat

Our team is engaged in the development, optimization and testing of plants for the low-emission utilization of biomass and waste materials, both in the pilot plant and in the field.

Our goal is to develop bioenergy plants with extremely low emissions, i.e. biomass furnaces with the pollutant emissions of a gas boiler (near zero emission). We focus on the flexible use of biogenic residues through online sensor technology and fuel-flexible control .

One focus of our work is the development of potentially CO₂ negative bioenergy solutions (Negative Emission Technologies).

In addition to combustion and firing technology, we deal with the generation and storage of (high-temperature) process heat for industrial applications.

Martin Meiler has been employed at the Fraunhofer Institute for Environmental, Safety and Energy Technology UMSICHT, Sulzbach-Rosenberg branch, since 2009. Since then, he has been researching projects on the combustion of solids, especially biogenic residues and waste in grate firing systems. In addition, the research field of high-temperature storage as a key to renewable energies in industry falls within his area of responsibility. Since March 2016, he has been group leader of »Energy from Biomass & Waste« and took over as head of the »Energy Technology« department in January 2022. In 2023, the »Clean Combustion and Process Heat« department was newly established, which is headed by Martin Meiler.

Martin Meiller is represented in the following committees:

• ProcessNet Expert Group Waste Treatment and Materials Recovery.
  
• Scientific representative Fraunhofer UMSICHT in the Fraunhofer Energy Alliance
• Environmental Cluster Bavaria Working Group "Energy from Waste
• Representative Fraunhofer UMSICHT in the DVV - German Association for Combustion Research e.V.