Description du projet
Paille de seigle, crustacés et graisses animales: le carburant de transport durable du futur
Le secteur des transports est le plus gros consommateur de combustibles fossiles, représentant 96 % de la consommation mondiale d’énergie. En outre, la consommation accrue de combustibles fossiles libère du CO2 dans l’atmosphère, provoquant une pollution environnementale toxique. Le projet CO-HTL4BIO-OIL, financé par l’UE, vise à développer une liquéfaction catalytique co-hydrothermale (CO-HTL) commercialement viable qui convertisse les sous-produits alimentaires solides humides comme la paille de seigle, les crustacés et le suif de bœuf en un carburant de transport durable avec un potentiel d’efficacité atomique de 100 %, de faibles coûts de production et zéro émission de CO2. Le projet devrait avoir un impact considérable sur l’économie et la société européennes de la connaissance en faveur de transports durables et verts.
Objectif
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.
Champ scientifique
- 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)Coordinateur
9220 Aalborg
Danemark