Developing the next generation Macro-Algae based biofuels for transportation via advanced bio-refinery processes
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FEFTS Specifications
Research project
for Clean energy supply (Energy production system)
Renewable energy source
Biomass (Energy crops)
Technology used
Liquid biofuels production
Special type
other biofuels
Energy produced
Mechanical energy
Suitable/ideal for
Mobile applications
Agricultural domain
Open-field agriculture
Suitable for
Farmer, Industry
Applications
Vehicles
Especially
Biodiesel/PPO tractors
Type of solution
Complete solution
Details
Project`s acronym: MacroFuels
Project funding type: EU
Project funding source: H2020
Project coordinator: TEKNOLOGISK INSTITUT (prof. Anne-Belinda Bjerre)
Coordinator location: Denmark
Coordinator email / Contact form: anbj@teknologisk.dk
Project status: Finished
Total budget: 5999892.5
Additional info
"Increasing the biomass supply by developing a rotating crop scheme for cultivation of seaweed, using native, highly productive brown, red and green seaweeds. Combined with the use of advanced textile substrates these breakthroughs will result in a year round biomass yield of 25 kg seaweeds (wet weight) per m2 per year harvested at 1000m2/hr;
• Improving the pre-treatment and storage of seaweed and to yield fermentable and convertible sugars at economically relevant concentrations (10-30%);
• Increasing the bio-ethanol production to economically viable concentrations of > 4%/l and;
• Increasing the bio-butanol yield to 15 g./l by developing novel fermenting organisms which metabolize all sugars at 90% efficiency for ethanol and butanol;
• Increasing the biogas yield to convert 90% of the available carbon in the residues by adapting the organisms to seaweed;
• Developing the thermochemical conversion of sugars to fuels from the mg. scale to the kg. scale;
• Performing an integral techno-economic, sustainability and risk assessment of the entire seaweed to biofuel chain."
Realistically, seaweed-derived biofuels could be available in the market earliest by 2030. The MacroFuels’ produced fuels (vide supra) were tested with a stationary engine as well as road tests. Bioethanol and biobutanol were used as 10% blends (cf. E95). The furanic fuel was used as 5% blend with diesel as reference. All the blends performed well in both stationary engine test and realistic road test, with emissions lower than acceptable limits.
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This FEFTS contributes to improve the energy profiles of farming systems:Environmental
The application of this FEFTS directly reduces fossil energy use, in terms of:- Tractors and vehicles fuel consumption
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