Descripción del proyecto
Electricidad renovable y barata gracias al gas natural licuado neutro en carbono procedente de la biomasa
Entre 1990 y 2020, las emisiones de gases de efecto invernadero disminuyeron un 32 % en todos los sectores de la Unión Europea. Durante el mismo período, el sector del transporte experimentó un aumento del 7 %. La versión renovable y no fósil del gas natural licuado (bioGNL o bioLNG, por sus siglas en inglés) tendrá una repercusión notable en el transporte no electrificado. El bioGNL se produce mediante el procesamiento de flujos de desechos orgánicos y se puede fabricar en cualquier lugar donde ocurra la digestión anaerobia. El proyecto CarbonNeutralLNG, financiado con fondos europeos, dará un paso más y proporcionará bioGNL verdaderamente neutro en carbono mediante el aprovechamiento de la electricidad renovable y barata en un proceso catalítico híbrido propuesto El proceso combinará la catálisis química con la metanación biológica y la electrometanogénesis y convertirá de forma directa la corriente eléctrica en metano a través de la respiración anaerobia de microbios.
Objetivo
CarbonNeutralLNG targets the truly carbon neutral use of biogenic carbon to replace fossil fuels for the transportation sector with renewable electricity enhanced bioLNG. Non-electric transport will depend on liquid and gaseous energy carriers like Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG). BioLNG is particularly advantageous as high density liquid fuel for the heavy duty truck and the marine transportation sector. A proposed hybrid catalytic process combines chemical catalytic and biological methanation with electro methanogenesis in order to reduce process complexity and maximise carbon efficiency. Low-cost renewable electricity will be the main driver for reduced marginal costs for the bioLNG’s production.
The experimental work addresses the hybrid catalytic process chain’s main units and focuses on the development and testing of a “Sorption enhanced e-gasifier” (WP1), and additively manufactured “Chemical Catalytic Raw Methanation” reactor (WP2) and the “Biological Methane conditioning” (WP3) by means of biological methanation and electro-methanogensis.
Work packages 4 and 5 will include an “Impact assessment at environmental and socio-economic level” (WP4) and a “Roadmap to replication: market and policy assessment” (WP5). They will mainly address monitoring and avoidance of fugitive methane emissions facing the upcoming Regulation (EU) on “Methane emissions reduction in the energy sector” and will in particular prepare technical and legal recommendations to avoid methane emissions in LNG infrastructures. Artificial Intelligence (AI) based “Advanced Process Control and Scale-up considerations” (WP6) and the operation of the complete process chain will finally provide a proof-of-concept for the proposed process at TRL 3-4.
The work package „Coordination and Dissemination” (WP7) establishes a “Technology transfer and Dissemination Multiplier Board” with stakeholders and policy makers and will include several workshops, conferences and social media communication.
Ámbito científico
- engineering and technologyenvironmental engineeringenergy and fuelsliquid fuels
- engineering and technologyenvironmental engineeringenergy and fuelsfossil energynatural gas
- engineering and technologyindustrial biotechnologybiomaterialsbiofuels
- social sciencessocial geographytransportsustainable transport
- engineering and technologyenvironmental engineeringenergy and fuelsenergy conversion
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HORIZON-RIA - HORIZON Research and Innovation ActionsCoordinador
91054 Erlangen
Alemania