REDIFUEL: Robust and Efficient processes and technologies for Drop-In renewable FUELs for road transport

Benedikt Heuser (1) , Andreas Vorholt (2) , Gonzalo Prieto (3) , Barbara Graziano (1) , Sascha Schönfeld (1) , Maarten Messagie (4) , Giuseppe Cardellini (4) , Sanna Tuomi (5) , Nina Sittinger (6) , Roy Hermanns (6) , Sangeetha Ramawamy (6) , Chandra Kanth Kosuru (7) , Hajo Hoffmann (7) , Linus Schulz (8) , Jaykumar Yadav (9) , Maarten Weide (10) , Thorsten Schnorbus (1)

1 FEV Europe GmbH
2 MPI Max-Planck-Institute for Chemical Energy Conversion CEC
3 UPV - Universitat Politècnica de València = Universitad Politecnica de Valencia = Polytechnic University of Valencia
4 VUB - Vrije Universiteit Brussel
5 VTT - VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland
6 OWI Oel-Waerme-Institut gGmbH
7 Tec4Fuels GmbH
8 INERATEC GmbH
9 Institute for Combustion Engines, RWTH Aachen University
10 Uniresearch

This paper introduces the work of the joint project "Robust and Efficient processes and technologies for Drop-In renewable FUELs for road transport" (REDIFUEL). The overall aim is to enable the utilization of various biomass feedstocks for an ultimate renewable EN590 diesel biofuel in a sustainable manner. REDIFUEL's ambition is to develop new technologies, solutions and processes to reach high conversion efficiencies for renewable fuel production. The proposed drop-in biofuel contains high-cetane liquid (C11-C21) bio-hydrocarbons and C6-C11 bio-alcohols showing exceptional combustion and pollutant mitigation performance. Environmental and social aspects are also considered by carrying out a comprehensive Biomass-to-Wheel performance analysis. First artificial fuel samples simulating the final product have been synthesized and analyzed with regard to fuel relevant properties, showing very promising results.

Mots clés: Bioenergy; biofuels; transport; pollutant reduction; drop-in; EN590

Domaines: Génie des procédés; Génie mécanique [physics.class-ph]; Catalyse

Benedikt Heuser, Andreas Vorholt, Gonzalo Prieto, Barbara Graziano, Sascha Schönfeld, et al.. REDIFUEL: Robust and Efficient processes and technologies for Drop-In renewable FUELs for road transport. Transport Research Arena 2020, Apr 2020, Helinski, Finland. ⟨hal-02506871⟩