Topell BV in The Hague is a fast growing production company of clean Biocoal.

Polow designed and developed Topell's torrefaction installation with which (second generation) biomass is torrified.
After torrefaction, the material is pelletized, with clean Biocoal pellets as final product.
The installation is based on compact- and expanded-bed Torbed^® reactors.

For several companies in The Netherlands and the United States, Polow Energy Systems BV and it's US branch Polow Georgia LCC are currently developing installations for the torrefaction of woodchips and (second generation) biomass. All installations are based on expanded-bed Torbed^® reactors and are heated by woodchips and syngas. Watch the interactive presentation of this process

On november 21 2008 Mr. Jacques Poldervaart gave a presentation about torrefaction at a symposium in Maasland, The Netherlands. The presentation can be downloaded by clicking on the image or following this link.

The Vlissingen-based company Remijn is involved in drying organic material, such as bread. To reduce its odour emission, it has contracted Polow to design and construct an installation.

Polow will base the installation on a Torbed^® reactor fuelled by wood chips to effectively reduce odours and provide Remijn with a cost-effective alternative. The entire installation will pay for itself after 16,000 hours of operation.

In 2003, a Torbed^® Rice Husk Combustor will be installed in Haryana State, India. The ash by-product will be recovered and transformed into amorphous silica and used for the production of solar panels.

In order to comply with worldwide MARPOL regulations to combat ship-related pollution, harbour commissions need to develop efficient harbour reception facilities that are geared to processing oil residues.

For the harbour commission of Cochin, Polow will develop equipment to remove and process oil residues from ships and tankers in an environmentally-friendly way. The residue will be fed into a Torbed^® reactor for complete combustion.