Feasibility Assessment on Thermal Catalytical Reforming

Información del proyecto

TCR

Identificador del acuerdo de subvención: 736683

DOI

10.3030/736683

Proyecto cerrado

Fecha de la firma de la CE 12 Agosto 2016

Fecha de inicio 1 Junio 2016

Fecha de finalización 31 Octubre 2016

Financiado con arreglo a

• INDUSTRIAL LEADERSHIP - Leadership in enabling and industrial technologies – Biotechnology

Coste total

€ 71 429,00

Aportación de la UE

€ 50 000,00

Coordinado por

THOR BIOCRUDE BV
Netherlands

Periodic Reporting for period 1 - TCR (Feasibility Assessment on Thermal Catalytical Reforming)

Período documentado: 2016-06-01 hasta 2016-10-31

Resumen del contexto y de los objetivos generales del proyecto

Thor Biocrude (NL) and Susteen Technologies (GER) are taking the next step in the development and roll-out of a novel and low-cost biomass waste-to-fuel technology platform called Thermal Catalytic Reforming (TCR). TCR is a biomass conversion technology that converts low value wet organics bio-waste into high value biocrude (TCR-oil), green hydrogen-rich bio-syngas, and solid bio-char, that can be processed to biofuels and biochemicals.

Thor Biocrude (NL) and Susteen Technologies (GER) will establish a joint venture (JV) (work title “Susteen Biocrude”) for the refining and marketing of biocrude oils to marketable hydrocarbon products. This JV has a high strategic relevance and strong market opportunity. The joint venture will focus on the conversion of low-value domestic, municipal or industrial carbon-rich waste flows into biocrude oil, the upgrading of biocrude into marketable bioliquids and their trading into fuel and chemical feedstock markets.

Trabajo realizado desde el comienzo del proyecto hasta el final del período abarcado por el informe y los principales resultados hasta la fecha

Specific activities conducted during this H2020-SMEINT Phase 1 feasibility study were:
• Analysis of the end-to-end value chain for the conversion of organic waste into sustainable basis resources (coal, gas and biocrude oil) and the further refining of biocrude oil into marketable second generation fuels.
• Perform exemplary business case analysis for this value chain
• Evaluate required specifications and characteristics of these applications with potential customers
• Propose most relevant prototype projects for field trials with potential EU customers
• Elaborate on a detailed business plan [D1].

Avances que van más allá del estado de la técnica e impacto potencial esperado (incluida la repercusión socioeconómica y las implicaciones sociales más amplias del proyecto hasta la fecha)

The establishment of a small-scale biocrude refinery and creation of a dedicated company that fills the gap in the value chaing waste-to-fuel, will boost the deployment of the TCR platform. Customers that might have been hesitating to invest into a TCR platform because the platform doesn’t directly links with its products to the market, now see a company that can and will take the products and upgrade, market and sell them. Thereby the establishment of the biocrude refinery eliminates a barrier for customers that have to decide to deploy a TCR platform and as such the impact of this change positively affects the impact of the TCR waste-to-fuel platform.

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