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Esa Vakkilainen

Prof. Esa Vakkilainen

LUT University

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Esa Vakkilainen is a Professor in energy technology at the Laboratory of Sustainable Energy Systems at the Lappeenranta-Lahti University of Technology. He has over 20 years of industrial experience with boilers and energy generation. His specialties are power plants, boilers, emissions, gasification, torrefaction, district heating (a Finnish specialty) and the combustion of biofuels.

Research Keywords & Expertise

Biomass
Combustion
Emissions
Gasification
Pyrolysis

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36%
Biomass
23%
recovery
19%
Combustion
17%
Emissions
9%
Pyrolysis
8%
Gasification

Short Biography

Esa Vakkilainen is a Professor in energy technology at the Laboratory of Sustainable Energy Systems at the Lappeenranta-Lahti University of Technology. He has over 20 years of industrial experience with boilers and energy generation. His specialties are power plants, boilers, emissions, gasification, torrefaction, district heating (a Finnish specialty) and the combustion of biofuels.