Descripción del proyecto
Convertir los residuos de fábrica de pasta de papel en biocombustibles
Las fibras de celulosa para papel se fabrican a partir de madera a través de un proceso de pulpeo químico. En este proceso, se extrae la celulosa de la madera y se generan grandes flujos de residuos como, por ejemplo, corteza y licor negro. Estos flujos de residuos están presentes en todas las fábricas de pasta de papel y se pueden convertir en biocombustibles. La conversión se basa en la gasificación seguida del proceso de Fischer Tropsch, que permite producir un combustible de transporte líquido de gran calidad a un coste razonable. En el proyecto Pulp’Fuel, financiado con fondos europeos, se demostrará cómo se pueden producir combustibles de manera eficaz sin un impacto negativo en el funcionamiento de las fábricas de pasta de papel. Su equipo examinará la gasificación de agua supercrítica adaptada a recursos húmedos y la gasificación seca adaptada a recursos secos como la corteza. El objetivo del proyecto es lograr altas eficiencias de gasificación.
Objetivo
The transport sector is dominated by the use of fossil fuels, and alternative fuels represent currently only 5% of fuel consumption in EU. The EU objective for the share of renewable energy in the transport sector is 10% in 2020. To achieve this goal, new advanced biofuels are needed and must be produced from alternative feedstocks. The Pulp&Fuel concept is to develop a simple and robust fuel synthesis process taking advantage of the synergy between super critical water gasification (wet gasification) and fixed bed gasification (dry gasification). For the Pulp&Fuel project, we have chosen to study the integration of the full process on a pulp mill. The developed process will take advantage of low to negative value wet and dry resources on a paper mill to add value to the overall process. The yield of biofuels will be significantly increased to 28 % compared to a classic approach that would only yield 18 %. The Pulp&Fuel final objective is to produce biofuels below 1 €/L without having a negative impact on the existing operations of the pulp mill. To achieve these goals a team of 10 partners, leaders in their field, from 4 EU-member states, will join efforts. To this end, we have defined five ambitious specific objectives: - Improve the efficiency of the dry gasification process from 70 to 80 % - Improve the carbon conversion of the wet gasification process to above 90 % - Improve fuel synthesis to obtain carbon efficiencies above 50 % (state of the art 45%) - Integration of the full process and synergy between dry and wet gasification - Integrated assessments will show that biofuels can be produced below 1 €/L Related work packages, tasks, milestones and risks are considered in order to achieve these objectives. The Pulp&Fuel project addresses the topic “liquid diesel- and gasoline-like biofuels from biogenic residues and wastes through either chemical, biochemical and thermochemical pathways, or a combination of them” of the LC-SC3-RES-21-2018 call.
Ámbito científico
Palabras clave
Programa(s)
Convocatoria de propuestas
Consulte otros proyectos de esta convocatoriaConvocatoria de subcontratación
H2020-LC-SC3-2018-RES-SingleStage
Régimen de financiación
RIA - Research and Innovation actionCoordinador
75015 PARIS 15
Francia