Irati Garcia has recently been in Vancouver at the University of British Columbia (UBC) working in Prof. Bi’s research group from UBC thanks to the BIOMASS-CCU project. She has obtained safety training at UBC and participated in the start-up and preliminary tests of the microwave pilot reactor, carried out several tests under different conditions using microwave heating and also investigated the amounts of CaO. She has also exchanged scientific knowledge with the group of Professor Bi’s, and carried out data analysis and materials characterisations and also a few collaborated papers are being prepared.


