OPTFUEL
OPTFUEL (abbreviation for optimized fuels for sustainable transport , German: Optimized fuels for sustainable transport policy) is a European research project by ten car and plant manufacturers from five countries for the production of BtL fuels (abbreviation for Biomass to Liquid , German: Biomasse zu Liquid), also called biofuels , made from wood and wood residues. The project started in January 2009 and will run for 42 months.
The European Union is supporting the research project, which has totaled 13.6 million euros, with 7.8 million euros from the 7th Research Framework Program (FP7).
aims
The BtL fuel production process is based on the gasification of wood at 1400 ° C. A large-scale plant with a capacity of 200,000 tons of biodiesel per year is to be built. Choren Industries started with the cultivation of 200 hectares of willow , poplar and robinia near Freiberg (Saxony) and a test facility that produces 15,000 tons of biodiesel annually. In cooperation with German Pellets , the leading European company in the production of wood pellets and biofuels, up to 1000 hectares of energy forest were made available for the project for the production of agricultural wood around Wismar .
“BtL is one of the biogenic fuels that can make a sustainable contribution to safeguarding individual mobility. Volkswagen wants to drive this development forward. That is why OPTFUEL is part of our fuel and drive strategy. "
Participating companies
The following ten companies and institutions are the official cooperation partners of the EU project:
- Volkswagen AG , car manufacturer (Germany)
- Ford Research Center GmbH , car manufacturer (Germany)
- Renault SA , car maker (France)
- Choren Industries GmbH , plant manufacturer and fuel producer (Germany)
- CONCAWE ( Con servation of C lean A ir and W ater in E urope), representatives of the European oil industry (Brussels, Belgium)
- Invensys Systems GmbH, process technology provider (Germany)
- IFP Énergies nouvelles (formerly Institut Français du Pétrole ), research institute (France)
- The Center for Research and Technology Hellas (CERTH), research facility (Greece)
- Indian Institute of Technology Delhi (IITD), research facility (India)
- SYNCOM F&E Beratung GmbH, project developer (Germany)
swell
- Optimized Fuels for sustainable transport in Europe on CORDIS.europa.eu
- Research project OPTFUEL biofuel under VW management ( memento from March 26, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) in cars and the environment , March 5, 2009
- BtL research project OPTFUEL started under VW management in renewable-rohstoffe.info , March 3, 2009
- Biofuel research project started under Volkswagen management ( memento from February 10, 2013 in the web archive archive.today ) in ATZ Online , March 4, 2009
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Facts on the Optifuel website.
- ↑ Research project OPTFUEL biofuel under VW line ( Memento of 26 March 2009 at the Internet Archive ) in cars and Environment , March 5, 2009
- ↑ Members on the Optifuel website.