About ETE

ETE EmTechEngineering GmbH is your competent technical contact for air pollution control. We are specialized in the optimization of combustion processes with the focus on the reduction of emissions from small combustion plants. In this context, ETE provides consulting and engineering services for manufacturers of small combustion plants and combustion plant operators. For example, ETE offers direct assistance during the development of solutions for the compliance with stricter emission limit values. Another new business area is the reduction of pollutants from ambient air. In this context, we are working on the development of a fine dust filter for ambient air.

The Team

Das ETE-Team

 

ETE was founded by Ingo Hartmann, Frank Hoferecht and René Bindig. The founders came together as part of a research project in which a low-emission stove was successfully further developed. An essential part of this project was the development of a special catalyst and its integration into this stove. The cooperation project was funded by Deutschen Bundesstiftung Umwelt (DBU; DBU-AZ 28412/02).

Partners

ETE is the first spin-off from DBFZ Deutsches Biomasseforschungszentrum gemeinnützige GmbH. ETE is a member of the Energy and Environment Cluster of the City of Leipzig, the Neu e. V. and the Innovation Centre for Bioenergy. Furthermore, ETE maintains contacts with national and international partners. By clicking the links below, you can get to the websites of our cooperation partners and other institutions correlated to us and our work.

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References

1st Place at the Pellet Stove Design Challenge 2016

Winner Team Wittus and John Ackerly at Pellet Stove Design Challenge 2016 at BNL

ETE participated as "TEAM WITTUS" at the "Pellet Stove Design Challenge" together with DBFZ and "Wittus - Fire by Design". With our "PELLWOOD" stove we won the 1st place! The "PELLWOOD" is able to burn pellets and wood logs and emits extremly low amounts of particulate matter and CO. The "Pellet Stove Design Challenge" was hosted by "Alliance for Green Heat" and NYSERDA and took place in "Brookhaven National Laboratory" in Long Island NY. For more info, check out the press release of DBFZ and the website of Alliance for Green Heat. The Press and Information Office of the Federal Government has also reported on this.

Next Generation Woodstove Design Challenge 2014

ETE EmTechEngineering GmbH presented the NEKO-catalyst at the "Next Generation Woodstove Design Challenge 2014" in New York/USA (Nov. 4 - 7, 2014, http://www.forgreenheat.org), together with its partners Specht Modulare Ofensysteme GmbH & Co. KG (Specht), DBFZ Deutsches Biomasseforschungszentrum gemeinnützigen GmbH and Wittus Fire by Design.

At this competition the most innovative firing system concepts and emission reduction concepts worldwide were compared. The competition was held at the Brookhaven National Laboratory. The NEKO-catalyst was installed in a modified stove of the company Specht. This combination took second place. A press release of the DBU (Deutsche Bundesstiftung Umwelt) refers to this competition.

Research activities:

  • Investigation of combinations of electrostatic precipitation and catalytic treatment of exhaust gases from small scale biomass combustion devices; Cooperation project of the DBFZ
  • Screening for catalysts for catalytic treatment of exhaust gases from biogas-driven CHP unit (for reduction of methane slip); Cooperation project of the DBFZ
  • Investigations on microwave-assisted catalytic exhaust gas treatment; Cooperation project of the DBFZ

Development work

  • Development of catalyzers for biomass fired systems, without using noble metals, for xeoos 8kW woodstove, together with DBFZ Leipzig and University of Leipzig, ITC
  • Development catalytic active refractory for woodburning stoves. Together with DBFZ and University of Leipzig, ITC
  • Development of fluidic optimized burning room for woodburning stoves, together with DBFZ and University of Leipzig

Open source publications in the internet

  • Hartmann, I.; Lenz, V.; Schenker M.; Thiel, C.; Kraus, M.; Matthes, M.; Roland, U.; Bindig, R.; Einicke, W.-D.: Katalytisch unterstützte Minderung von Emissionen aus Biomasse-Kleinfeuerungsanlagen, DBFZ Report Nr. 6. Leipzig: DBFZ, 2011 – ISSN: 2190 - 7943
    (Link to the Report; PDF-File; 6,5 MB; Book)

Publications in journals

  • Hartmann, I.; Lenz, V.; Schenker M.; Thiel, C.; Kraus, M.; Matthes, M.; Roland, U.; Bindig, R.; Einicke, W.-D.: Katalytisch unterstützte Minderung von Emissionen aus Biomasse-Kleinfeuerungsanlagen, DBFZ Report Nr. 6. Leipzig: DBFZ, 2011 – ISSN: 2190 - 7943.

Publications in expert conferences

2014

  • Bindig, R.*; Hartmann, I.; Liebetrau, J.: „Reduktion von Methanemissionen im Abgas von mit Biogas betriebenen BHKW“, Poster auf 23. Jahrestagung und Fachmesse Biogas,14.-16. Januar 2014, Nürnberg 2014.
  • Bindig, R.; Butt, S.; Dvoracek, D.*; Enke, D.; Hartmann, I.; Werner, F.: „Manganese oxide catalysts to reduce the emission of small scale stoves”, Poster auf 47. Jahrestreffen Deutscher Katalytiker, 12.-14. März 2014, Weimar 2014.