Descrizione del progetto
Uno schema innovativo con una duplice finalità consente il pieno sfruttamento di terreni contaminati per la produzione sostenibile di biocarburanti
Nell’ultimo decennio, la sfida rappresentata dalla gestione e dal trattamento del suolo inquinato è stata assolta dal fitorisanamento, una tecnologia in graduale evoluzione dotata della capacità di smaltire un’ampia varietà di rifiuti organici e inorganici in modo efficiente ed economico. Il progetto Phy2Climate, finanziato dall’UE, intende convalidare cinque prove pilota di fitorisanamento nei siti contaminati selezionati con gli agenti inquinanti più comuni al mondo. In seguito, queste prove pilota sono volte a produrre colture energetiche che, infine, alimenteranno una bioraffineria pilota incentrata sulla produzione di quattro tipi di biocarburanti puliti drop-in al livello 5 di maturità tecnologica per i settori del trasporto marittimo e su strada.
Obiettivo
Phy2Climate will validate 5 phytoremediation pilots in Spain (South Europe), Serbia (Balkan region), Lithuania (Baltic region), Argentina (South America) and India (South Asia) at TRL-5. The selected contaminated sites represent the most common soil contaminants worldwide. The phytoremediation pilots will produce energy crops with none indirect Land Use Change (iLUC) issues. The energy crops will feed a pilot biorefinery in Germany that combines cutting edge biomass processing technologies to produce 4 types of clean drop-in biofuels for the road and shipping transport sectors at TRL-5: EN 14214 biodiesel, ISO 8217 marine fuels, EN 590 diesel and EN 228 gasoline. Additionally, bio-coke will be also produced as substitution of petroleum coke in the metallurgical industry. A significant cost reduction in factor >5 for phytoremediation compared with common remediation techniques is target together with conversion costs of drop-in biofuel production <0,45 €/l. The global biofuel production potential of the Phy2Climate approach is estimated up to 137 million m3 per year. Furthermore, estimated specific Greenhouse Gas (GHG) mitigation of the produced drop-in biofuels is 149% compared with the fossil equivalents, resulting in a total saving potential of 500 Mega-tones CO2eq per year. The work programme is divided in 7 work packages that are specifically designed to achieve the objectives of the project as well as to contribute to the Mission Innovation Challenge 4 and to 16 UN Sustainable Development Goals. The Phy2Climate consortium unites 17 partners from 10 different countries with strong interdisciplinary expertise in the fields of project management, soil remediation & phytoremediation, advanced biofuel technologies, environmental and social sustainability, legal analysis, business development and communication &dissemination. Additionally 11 stakeholders from 8 countries and at EU level have already expressed their interest in the project by a letter of support.
Campo scientifico
- engineering and technologyenvironmental engineeringenergy and fuelsliquid fuels
- engineering and technologyenvironmental biotechnologybioremediationphytoremediation
- engineering and technologyenvironmental engineeringenergy and fuelsfossil energypetroleum
- agricultural sciencesagriculture, forestry, and fisheriesagriculture
- engineering and technologyindustrial biotechnologybiomaterialsbiofuels
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