Next Generation Bio-butanol

Project Information

ButaNexT

Grant agreement ID: 640462

DOI 10.3030/640462

Project closed

EC signature date 22 April 2015

Start date 1 May 2015

End date 30 April 2018

Funded under

• SOCIETAL CHALLENGES - Secure, clean and efficient energy

Total cost € 4 599 414,00

EU contribution € 4 599 414,00

Coordinated by

BIOCLEAVE LIMITED
United Kingdom

Deliverables

Websites, patent fillings, videos etc. (2)

Website and communication material
Audio-visual material

Other (1)

Integrated process flowchart & theoretical mass balances

Integrated process flowchart theoretical mass balances

Documents, reports (13)

Reactivity of diesel soot derived from the use of butanol blends in diesel engine
Lignocellulosic biomass: supply and characterization
Vehicle performances and emissions under ambient and cold temperatures when using butanol blends
Performance data with VITO fed-batch & continuous ISPR system on pure and cellulosic sugar. Butanol productivities > 0.75g/L/hr

Performance data with VITO fedbatch continuous ISPR system on pure and cellulosic sugar Butanol productivities 075gLhrAn evaluation document between fedbatch and continuous operation

Feedstock assessment
Technical report on the validation of performance data at pilot scale
Performances and pollutant emissions of a diesel engine fuelled with butanol blends
Techno-economic analysis of the integrated process
Social impact assessment
Data Management Plan
Performance data on cellulosic sugar with GBL BEST system. Butanol productivities > 0.75g/L/hr
Analysis report of recalcitrant biomass
Energy balance and GHG assessment - final

Energy balance and GHG assessment final

Publications

Peer reviewed articles (10)

Emission benefits from the use of n-butanol blends in a Euro 6 diesel engine

Author(s): Magín Lapuerta, Juan José Hernández, José Rodríguez-Fernández, Javier Barba, Angel Ramos, David Fernández-Rodríguez
Published in: International Journal of Engine Research, 2017, Page(s) 146808741774257, ISSN 1468-0874
Publisher: Professional Enjineering Publishing Ltd.
DOI: 10.1177/1468087417742578

Cold flow and filterability properties of n -butanol and ethanol blends with diesel and biodiesel fuels

Author(s): Magín Lapuerta, José Rodríguez-Fernández, David Fernández-Rodríguez, Rayda Patiño-Camino
Published in: Fuel, Issue 224, 2018, Page(s) 552-559, ISSN 0016-2361
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.fuel.2018.03.083

Modeling viscosity of butanol and ethanol blends with diesel and biodiesel fuels

Author(s): Magín Lapuerta, José Rodríguez-Fernández, David Fernández-Rodríguez, Rayda Patiño-Camino
Published in: Fuel, Issue 199, 2017, Page(s) 332-338, ISSN 0016-2361
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.fuel.2017.02.101

Strategies to Introduce n-Butanol in Gasoline Blends

Author(s): Magín Lapuerta, Rosario Ballesteros, Javier Barba
Published in: Sustainability, Issue 9/4, 2017, Page(s) 589, ISSN 2071-1050
Publisher: MDPI Open Access Publishing
DOI: 10.3390/su9040589

Cold- and warm-temperature emissions assessment of n -butanol blends in a Euro 6 vehicle

Author(s): Magín Lapuerta, Ángel Ramos, Javier Barba, David Fernández-Rodríguez
Published in: Applied Energy, Issue 218, 2018, Page(s) 173-183, ISSN 0306-2619
Publisher: Pergamon Press Ltd.
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2018.02.178

High-flux POMS organophilic pervaporation for ABE recovery applied in fed-batch and continuous set-ups

Author(s): Wouter Van Hecke, Heleen De Wever
Published in: Journal of Membrane Science, Issue 540, 2017, Page(s) 321-332, ISSN 0376-7388
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2017.06.058

Prospects & potential of biobutanol production integrated with organophilic pervaporation – A techno-economic assessment

Author(s): Wouter Van Hecke, Eva Joossen-Meyvis, Herman Beckers, Heleen De Wever
Published in: Applied Energy, Issue 228, 2018, Page(s) 437-449, ISSN 0306-2619
Publisher: Pergamon Press Ltd.
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2018.06.113

Autoignition of blends of n-butanol and ethanol with diesel or biodiesel fuels in a constant-volume combustion chamber

Author(s): Magín Lapuerta, Juan José Hernández, David Fernández-Rodríguez, Alexis Cova-Bonillo
Published in: Energy, 2016, ISSN 0360-5442
Publisher: Pergamon Press Ltd.
DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2016.10.090

Modelling of evaporative losses in n-alcohol/diesel fuel blends

Author(s): Juan P. Hernández, Magín Lapuerta, Reyes García-Contreras, John R. Agudelo
Published in: Applied Thermal Engineering, Issue 102, 2016, Page(s) 302-310, ISSN 1359-4311
Publisher: Pergamon Press Ltd.
DOI: 10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2016.03.027

Biobutanol production from C5/C6 carbohydrates integrated with pervaporation: experimental results and conceptual plant design

Author(s): Wouter Van Hecke, Pieter Vandezande, Marjorie Dubreuil, Maarten Uyttebroek, Herman Beckers, Heleen De Wever
Published in: Journal of Industrial Microbiology & Biotechnology, Issue 43/1, 2016, Page(s) 25-36, ISSN 1367-5435
Publisher: Springer Verlag
DOI: 10.1007/s10295-015-1717-3

Conference proceedings (2)

Emissions and performance assessment of n-butanol blends in an euro 6 vehicle

Author(s): M. Lapuerta , J. J. Hernández , J. Rodríguez-Fernández , J. Barba , A. Ramos , D. Fernández-Rodríguez, University of Castilla-La Mancha Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingenieros Industriales, Ciudad Real, Spain
Published in: 2017
Publisher: EAEC2017

Paving the way for a next generation biobutanol

Author(s): Del Campo, I., Alegria, I., Sánchez, D., Davies, T., Smith, H., Ihalainen, P.;Pallares, A., Garcia, C., De Wever, H., Van Hecke, W., Lapuerta, M., Fernández, D., , German L., Etxaniz, J; Crawford, B., Hill D., Sanciñena, J., Corradino G.
Published in: 25th European Biomass Conference and Exhibition, Issue August 2017, 2017, Page(s) 2019-2025, ISBN 978-88-89407-17-2
Publisher: ETA Florence Italy

Intellectual Property Rights

Patent (1)

Method and system for producing solvents by fermentation - ButaBel

Application/Publication number: WO 2018/015415 A1
Date: 2018-01-25