PhD offer in CIRAD about "biomass pyrolysis"

CIRAD (French institute for agronomical research) is looking for somebody to carry out a PhD whose topic would be : "Optimization of the fast pyrolysis of biomass in fluidized bed, in order to prepare a liquid load for gasification processes and synthesis of Fischer-Tropsch biofuels".

PhD Supervisor : Jacques LEDE, DR CNRS, LSGC Groupe Génie de la Réaction Chimique (Group for Chemical Reaction Engineering) Phone : +33(0)383175240 Email : jacques.lede ensic.inpl-nancy.fr

Subsupervisors :

* Guillaume MAUVIEL et Monique FERRER within LSGC

* François BROUST, ENSIC Engineer within CIRAD - UPR Biomasse-Energie, 73 rue Jean-François Breton - TA B-42/16 - 34398 Montpellier Cedex 5 - Tel. 04 67 61 58 43 - Email : francois.broust cirad.fr

The PhD will occur almost entirely at the CIRAD in Montpellier (France). Funding of it will be supported by CIRAD and ENERBIO.