Moving Day!

by | Oct 6, 2015 | News, Pyrolysis

This was an exciting week for all of us at IRSI. After months of hard work our Ulysses system is completed. This past Monday we have moved the Ulysses out of the fabrication shop! At 60 feet long, moving the Ulysses was no easy task. It took two cranes to lift the...

IRSI on CJSR’S Terra Informa

by | Sep 25, 2015 | News, Pyrolysis

A few weeks back at IRSI was interviewed by our friends at Terra Informa, an award winning environmental radio show that has its roots in Edmonton but is now broadcasted in over fifty communities throughout Canada. In the interview, IRSI talks about our Ulysses...

Have You Ever Burnt Toast?

by | Sep 18, 2015 | Pyrolysis, Website

Of course you haven’t, but if one day that happens, you will have tried pyrolysis without even realizing it! Pyrolysis is the process of heating biomass in the absence of oxygen*, such as leaving something in the oven for a little too long. Because the definition is...