Projektbeschreibung
Roggenstroh, Schalentiere und Tierfett – die nachhaltigen Verkehrskraftstoffe der Zukunft
Der Verkehrssektor verbraucht die größten Mengen an fossilen Brennstoffen, die 96 % der weltweiten Energienutzung ausmachen. Der zunehmende Verbrauch fossiler Energieträger setzt außerdem CO2 in die Atmosphäre frei, das zu schädlichen Umweltbelastungen führt. Das EU-finanzierte Projekt CO-HTL4BIO-OIL zielt darauf ab, eine wirtschaftlich rentable katalytische kohydrothermale Verflüssigung zu entwickeln, die sekundäre nasse, feste, bereits verwendete Nebenprodukte der Lebensmittelindustrie wie Roggenstroh, Schalentiere und Rindertalg in nachhaltige Verkehrskraftstoffe mit dem Potenzial für 100%ige Atomeffizienz, geringen Herstellungskosten und ohne CO2-Emissionen umwandeln kann. Es steht zu erwarten, dass das Projekt erhebliche Auswirkungen auf die wissensbasierte Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft Europas haben und einem nachhaltigen und grünen Verkehrssektor den Weg ebnen wird.
Ziel
The transport sector is the highest consumer of fossil fuels accounting for 96% of the global energy, which correspond to 65% of the global crude oil consumption. The escalating consumption of fossil fuel causes deleterious environmental pollution by releasing > 7 billion tons of CO2 in the atmosphere. The awareness to transition from conventional fossil fuel to eco-friendly options has resulted in several decarbonization strategies with Europe’s priority to develop new alternative and carbon-neutral energy sources based on a cost-effective biomass-based thermochemical conversion. Hence, the objective of CO-HTL4BIO-OIL is to develop commercially viable catalytic co-hydrothermal liquefaction (CO-HTL) that converts 2G wet solid food by-products such as rye straw, shellfish, and beef tallow into a sustainable transport fuel with potential 100% atom efficiency, low production costs, and zero CO2 emissions. The specific experiments include: (1) identify proper pretreatment prior to CO-HTL for efficient removal of undesirable heteroatoms (2) validate baseline Lab-scale CO-HTL by determining integrated models of HTL parameters and proportions of binary/ternary mixtures; (3) establish efficient catalytic upgrading to bring the HTL intermediate bio-crude oil to drop-in transport fuel; (4) carry out bench-scale HTL for techno-economic assessment. It is anticipated that an in-depth study on the HTL parameters, optimization of the CO-HTL process, and techno-economic assessment will provide an outlook scenario of the industrial-scale process for high biofuels production capacity. Therefore, CO-HTL4BIO-OIL will diversify my scientific competences in renewable energy and equip me with new transferable skills. Thus, combining my skills in carbon-based biomaterials with the host’s expertise in advanced biofuels, a mutual benefit will be realized. The project will positively impact Europe’s knowledge-based economy and society towards sustainable and green transportation.
Wissenschaftliches Gebiet
- engineering and technologyenvironmental engineeringenergy and fuelsrenewable energy
- natural sciencesearth and related environmental sciencesenvironmental sciencespollution
- social scienceseconomics and businesseconomicssustainable economy
- engineering and technologyindustrial biotechnologybiomaterialsbiofuels
- social sciencessocial geographytransportsustainable transport
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