Descripción del proyecto
Paja de centeno, mariscos y grasa animal: el combustible sostenible del futuro para el transporte
El sector del transporte es el mayor consumidor de combustibles fósiles y representa el 96 % del uso mundial de energía. Además, el aumento del uso de combustibles fósiles provoca la emisión de CO2 a la atmósfera, que es responsable de una contaminación ambiental tóxica. El objetivo del proyecto CO-HTL4BIO-OIL, financiado con fondos europeos, es desarrollar una tecnología de licuefacción cohidrotérmica catalítica (CO-HTL, por sus siglas en inglés) comercialmente viable que convierta subproductos alimentarios sólidos y húmedos secundarios, como la paja de centeno, los mariscos y la grasa animal, en un combustible sostenible para el transporte con un 100 % de eficiencia atómica potencial, bajos costes de producción y cero emisiones de CO2. Se espera que el proyecto tenga una gran repercusión en la economía y la sociedad europeas basadas en el conocimiento y dirigidas a lograr un transporte sostenible y ecológico.
Objetivo
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.
Ámbito científico
- 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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MSCA-IF - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellowships (IF)Coordinador
9220 Aalborg
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