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Co-processing of upgraded bio-liquids in standard refinery unit(Biocoup)
Project
Project code: BFH-V-02-2.15
Contract period: 01.05.2006
- 30.04.2011
Purpose of research: Applied research
The aim of BIOCOUP is to develop a chain of process steps, which would effectively allow biomass feedstock to be co-fed to a conventional oil refinery. Energy and oxygenated chemicals will be co-produced. The overall innovation derives from integration of bio-feedstock procurement with existing industries (energy, pulp and paper, food) and processing of upgraded biomass forms in existing mineral oil refineries.
This will allow a seamless integration of bio-refinery co-processing products to the end consumer for products such as transport fuels and chemicals, and thus provide an important stimulus to biomass acceptance and further technological development of biomass production routes.
The project has six sub-projects, each of which deals with critical areas of the proposed biomass utilization chain. The overall objectives in each sub-project are:
1. Biomass liquefaction and energy production: To reduce bio-oil production costs;
2. Upgrading technologies: To develop de-oxygenation technology and scale it up to process development unit-scale;
3. Evaluation of upgraded bio-liquids in standard refinery units: To assess the viability of upgraded bio-liquids co-processing in a standard refinery;
4. Conversion to chemicals: To identify optimal recovery and fractionation strategies and technologies for the production of discrete target compounds from bio-liquids;
5. Scenario and life cycle analysis: To outline a low-risk, low-cost development path for the most promising bio refinery chain(s), a path based on stage-wise validation, demonstration and implementation;
6. Transversal activities: To optimise the impact of the project by a structured management of the project and the coordination of the standardisation, exploitation and dissemination activities.
HTB takes part in SP6.
Section overview
Subjects
- Biotechnology
Framework programme
Funding programme
Excutive institution
Participating institutions
- Biomass Technology Group BV (BTG)
- University of Twente
- Shell Global Solutions International BV, Amsterdam
- Arkema
- Uhde High Pressure Technologies GmbH (UHTP)
- METabolic EXplorer S.A. (METEX)
- STFI-Packforsk AB
- University of Groningen (RUG)
- National Institute of Chemistry Slovenia (KI)
- Boreskov Institute of Catalysis
- ALMA Consulting Group (ALMA)
- Albemarle Catalysts Company B.V. (ALBEMARLE)
- CHIMAR HELLAS S.A.
- Research Institute for Catalysis - Centre National de la Recherche (CNRS-IRC)