O1. Physico-chemical characterization of forest biomass residues (cones, needles, barks) from spruce, fir and pine trees.

O2. Optimizing  the torrefaction process by establishing the most favorable process parameters.

O3. Thermochemical processing of biomass samples by torrefaction/pyrolysis experiments and  catalytic up-grading of pyrolysis oils.

O4. Dissemination of the obtained data from this project.