Assembled and ready to start

Three weeks ago, these TORBED processors were being packed and loaded at a fabrication works in Poland. Now installed on site in France, they are ready for commissioning and expected handover in September. Designed to dry and calcine paper sludge, producing an ash that can be used as a cement substitute and providing energy, this […]

Paper Sludge Treatment

On Monday morning (15/7), a plant for the treatment of paper sludge arrived on site in France.  Seen here being disassembled after its factory acceptance test and preparatory to being packed onto six lorries, this plant will calcine paper sludge and produce a cement substitute together with heat to generate power.  This is a practical […]

Making the small and intricate possible

In the pilot plant section of the website, we talk about making specialist pilot plants for very hot processes or ones involving highly corrosive materials. Sometimes we produce them because the process proposed to be conducted is at too small a scale to be practical in our standard pilot plants.  It is here that 3-D […]

The Science behind the technology

At Torftech we pride ourselves on the science behind our engineering innovations and solutions.  From time to time, they appear in the pages of Scientific Journals.  This time, it was the turn of the TORWAVE our microwave enabled processor which offers electrical alternatives to hydrocarbon roasting processes and unparalleled accuracy when deal with fragile and […]

Practical Steps on the Journey to Net Zero

Some of the steps on the journey to net zero are clear: bring an end to fossil fuel power generation,  deforestation and unnecessary waste.  However, completing the journey successfully will also require planning authorities, businesses and households to change the way they do things. Reduction of energy usage is in Torftech’s DNA.  Our TORBED and […]