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Fraunhofer Institute for Environmental, Safety, and Energy Technology UMSICHT
Osterfelder Straße 3
46047 Oberhausen
Dr.-Ing. Volker Heil - project leader
Telephone: +49 (0)208 8598 1163
E-mail: volker.heil@umsicht.fraunhofer.de
Tim Schulzke - direct contact pyrolysis, esterification
Telephone: +49 (0) 208 8598 1155
E-mail: tim.schulzke@umsicht.fraunhofer.de
Martin Peters - direct contact alcohol-condensation
Telephone: +49 (0) 208 8598 1511
E-mail: martin.peters@umsicht.fraunhofer.de
Dr.-Ing. Esther Stahl - direct contact feedstock and pretreatment
Telephone: +49 (0) 208 8598 1158
E-mail: esther.stahl@umsicht.fraunhofer.de
Venkat Aryan - direct contact economic analysis
Telephone: +49 (0) 208 8598 1163
E-mail: venkat.aryan@umsicht.fraunhofer.de
Dr. rer. nat. Ulrike Schümann - project leader
Telephone: +49 (0) 0381 498 9156
E-mail: ulrike.schuemann@uni-rostock.de
Dr. rer. nat. Fanny Langschwager - direct contact fuel analytics
Telephone: +49 (0) 0381 498 9040
E-mail: fanny.langschwager@uni-rostock.de
Dipl.-Ing. Karsten Schleef - direct contact engine tests
Telephone: +49 (0) 0381 498 9419
E-mail: karsten.schleef@uni-rostock.de
Nils Rettenmaier - project leader
Telephone: +49 (0) 6221 4767 24
E-mail: nils.rettenmaier@ifeu.de
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Planned Results:
The project is about producing “defossilised”, low-sulphur maritime bunker fuels from bio-based residues. Deep-sea vessels without exhaust gas cleaning systems (“scrubbers”) are required to use fuels with sulphur contents of no more than 0.1 wt.-% within coastal Sulphur Emission Control Areas (SECAs) outside the SECAs, the limit is 0.5 wt.-% since 2020. In PyroMar, we will produce a blendstock for bunker fuels, based upon waste biomass like straw, autumn leaves, low-intensity grassland herbage, residual forest wood and brush cuttings. Ablative fast pyrolysis will turn these residuals into bio-oil. Esterification with medium-chained alcohols, derived from to straw-based ethanol in a catalytic process, turns the bio-oil into a biofuel. Testing blends of the generated biofuels and fossil bunker-fuels in a research marine engine will validate the process concept. Studies like Life Cycle Assessment, biomass and sales-market analysis, legal framework survey, scale-up concepts and market-entry concepts will support the experimental work.
PyroMar aims putting into practice the integrated approach of producing an affordable bunker-fuel blendstock from residual biomass. Designed to be used within and outside the SECAs, they will contribute to both solving the Sulphur related challenges and reducing fossil CO2-emissions in this transport sector. Experimental work targets on defining suitable recipes and operating parameters for the chemical operations, preparing subsequent scale-up and validating the overall process on Technology Readiness Level (TRL) 4 to 5 with first engine tests. Furthermore, the project aims at paving the way towards later commercialization with commercial, engineering and sustainability studies, an industry board accompanying the project and an industry workshop.
Fraunhofer-Institut für Umwelt-, Sicherheits- und Energietechnik UMSICHT
Universität Rostock, Lehrstuhl für Kolbenmaschinen und Verbrennungsmotoren (LKV)
ifeu – Institut für Energie- und Umweltforschung Heidelberg GmbH
Fraunhofer-Institut für Umwelt-, Sicherheits- und Energietechnik UMSICHT
Universität Rostock, Lehrstuhl für Kolbenmaschinen und Verbrennungsmotoren (LKV)
ifeu – Institut für Energie- und Umweltforschung Heidelberg GmbH
