Objective The overall aim of the project is to use agricultural waste, mainly residues from olive farming and olive oil production, for the generation of ready-to-use fuels, namely synthetic natural gas (SNG) and diesel, which would be primarily used for energy production for oil manufacturing and as transportation fuel for olive farming. The optimization of the project and the possible addition of different agricultural or solid urban residues will lead to the obtaining of surplus fuels, which will be sold for common uses, since the production will meet the standards for natural gas and diesel respectively.The production of these fuels will be based on a synthetic procedure: the Fischer-Tropsch process. All the steps from raw residue to fuel will be considered in this project, including physical and chemical treatments. The main synthetic procedures will be Fischer-Tropsch synthesis, which will produce the liquid fuel, and methanation, which will produce the SNG. The most important advance beyond the state-of-the-art will be the development of a novel catalyst for the Fischer-Tropsch process which will enhance the overall performance of the process from the current values. Apart from that, innovations will be sought in the pretreatment steps, with special interest in the development of membrane purification methods that would facilitate the gas purification required for the overall procedure.The overall expected impacts are fuel production, which would reduce the overall greenhouse gas emissions from the olive industry and introduce an alternative to the use of conventional (fossil) fuels, reduction of waste treatment requirements, application of technology beyond the state-of-the-art, employment creation and technology exportation. Fields of science engineering and technologyenvironmental engineeringenergy and fuelsliquid fuelsengineering and technologyenvironmental engineeringenergy and fuelsfossil energynatural gasengineering and technologyenvironmental engineeringwaste managementwaste treatment processes Programme(s) FP7-ENVIRONMENT - Specific Programme "Cooperation": Environment (including Climate Change) Topic(s) ENV.2012.6.3-1 - Innovative resource efficient technologies, processes and services Call for proposal FP7-ENV-2012-two-stage See other projects for this call Funding Scheme CP - Collaborative project (generic) Coordinator CONSIGLIO NAZIONALE DELLE RICERCHE Address Piazzale aldo moro 7 00185 Roma Italy See on map Region Centro (IT) Lazio Roma Activity type Research Organisations Administrative Contact Marina Bufacchi (Ms.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window EU contribution No data Participants (7) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all FRAUNHOFER GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FORDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG EV Germany EU contribution € 314 315,00 Address Hansastrasse 27c 80686 Munchen See on map Region Bayern Oberbayern München, Kreisfreie Stadt Activity type Research Organisations Administrative Contact Andrea Zeumann (Ms.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Other funding No data KUNGLIGA TEKNISKA HOEGSKOLAN Sweden EU contribution € 450 160,00 Address Brinellvagen 8 100 44 Stockholm See on map Region Östra Sverige Stockholm Stockholms län Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Judit Mozes (Ms.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Other funding No data Soil-Concept SA Luxembourg EU contribution € 327 920,00 Address Friidhaff 9378 Diekirch See on map Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Thorsten Klaes (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Other funding No data VERTECH GROUP France EU contribution € 372 720,00 Address 11 rue defly 06000 Nice See on map Region Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur Alpes-Maritimes Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Olivier Rieux (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Other funding No data SOLINTEL M & P SL Spain EU contribution € 240 520,00 Address Avenida de jerez 33 28514 Nuevo baztan madrid See on map Region Comunidad de Madrid Comunidad de Madrid Madrid Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Daniel Cuiñas (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Other funding No data EXERGY LTD United Kingdom EU contribution € 344 160,00 Address Puma way the technocentre coventry university technology park CV1 2TT Coventry See on map Region West Midlands (England) West Midlands Coventry Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Alberto Gomez (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Other funding No data EIFER EUROPAISCHES INSTITUT FUR ENERGIEFORSCHUNG EDF KIT EWIV Germany EU contribution € 159 630,00 Address Emmy noether strasse 11 76131 Karlsruhe See on map Region Baden-Württemberg Karlsruhe Karlsruhe, Stadtkreis Activity type Research Organisations Administrative Contact Stephan Seidelt (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Other funding No data
