Descripción del proyecto
Un sistema de múltiples combustibles para el transporte pesado por carretera
El cambio de combustible, o electrificación, del sector europeo del transporte es fundamental para cumplir los objetivos de la Unión Europea en materia de descarbonización y seguridad energética. Sin embargo, no resulta adecuado para sectores como el transporte pesado por carretera o la producción energética descentralizada debido, en gran medida, a los requisitos relativos a la carga útil, la autonomía o el suministro de combustible. En este sentido, el proyecto financiado con fondos europeos ALL-IN Zero desarrollará un sistema de múltiples combustibles para generar energía mecánica y eléctrica sin emisiones. Este sistema introducirá combustibles con emisiones bajas, nulas o negativas de carbono, como el amoníaco, el gas natural, el biogás o los alcoholes, en un reactor de membrana compacto que producirá un vector energético temporal, intermedio y común con el objetivo de ser consumido «in situ» por los sistemas de generación de energía, como los motores de combustión interna y las pilas de combustible.
Objetivo
EU transport and power generation accounts approximately each for one-third of all CO2 emissions from fossil fuel combustion. While current decarbonisation measures are focused principally on two alternatives: electrification and fuel switching, these are not suitable for the harder-to-abate sectors, such as heavy-duty road transport or decentralised energy production due to payload, autonomy and/or fuel supply requisites, among other issues. In fact, these sectors still rely on fossil fuels for 94% of its energy needs, constituting one of the main challenges to comply with the objectives of the Paris Agreement.
These sectors require a system that allows to exploit the advantages of the use of liquid fuels, as are high energy density, fast refilling and easy transport, but bypassing the efficiency limitations and eliminating CO2 emissions. In addition, to tackle the alarming increase of GHG emissions and the rise of global temperature, it is necessary to deploy an effective solution in the short-medium term. Therefore, it is key not to depend on the construction of new infrastructures and be able to use the existing ones for the transport, storage and supply of liquid fuels.
The main objective of ALL-IN Zero is to develop a multi-fuel system to generate electrical and mechanical power with zero emissions. This system will feed low, zero or carbon carbon-negative fuels like ammonia, natural gas, biogas or alcohols, into a Compact Membrane Reactor producing a common intermediate temporary energy vector to be consumed in situ by power generation systems such as internal combustion engines and fuel cells.
ALL-IN Zero will accelerate decarbonisation earlier than other technologies, using available productive and supply chains, SoA technologies, and upstream and downstream treatments for mobile and stationary solutions.
Ámbito científico
- engineering and technologyenvironmental engineeringenergy and fuelsliquid fuels
- natural sciencesearth and related environmental sciencesenvironmental sciences
- engineering and technologyelectrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineeringelectrical engineeringpower engineering
- social sciencessocial geographytransport
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