Project description
New process for biofuels from black liquor
EU plans for a low-carbon economy require advanced biofuels for aviation and shipping. The EU-funded BL2F project proposes the pioneering integrated hydrothermal liquefaction process at pulp mills to produce drop-in biofuels for aviation and shipping from black liquor. Black liquor is a by-product of the chemical pulping industry that is used as biofuel feedstock, providing 83 % reduction in CO2 emissions compared to fossil fuels and a very competitive production cost per litre. The project proposes three innovations: allowing direct upgrading of HTL-oil by combining salt separation with the HTL reactor; reforming the aqueous phase to hydrogen, decreasing the need for external fossil hydrogen in integrated hydrothermal hydrodeoxygenation; and integrating the process into the pulp mill, leading to treatment cost reductions.
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RIA - Research and Innovation action
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33100 Tampere
Finland
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Participants (12)
UB8 3PH Uxbridge
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76131 Karlsruhe
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7034 Trondheim
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7465 Trondheim
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5232 Villigen Psi
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02150 Espoo
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2910 738 Setubal Sado
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3801 501 Aveiro Eixo
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02150 Espoo
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02150 Espoo
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160 00 Praha
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75011 Paris
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The organization defined itself as SME (small and medium-sized enterprise) at the time the Grant Agreement was signed.