High Pressure Entrained Flow Gasification for Second Generation Biofuel Process

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Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT)

"More than Just A Proof of the Commercial Abilities"

“With the high-pressure entrained flow gasifier the KIT Energy Center now utlilizes an excellent tool that is more than just proof of the commercial-scale capability of the Bioliq process”, asserted the Project Manager of Bioliq II, Professor Thomas Kolb. “It is bound to also generate important research results in the area of hightemperature processes and thus to contribute to the development of new technologies.”

Kolb referred in this context to the research cooperation initiatives already launched during the construction period, such as the virtual Helmholtz-Institut HVIGasTech which bundles the scientific and technical competencies of the partners and transforms them into new know-how relating to thermo-chemical processes operated under high pressures.

New Biofuel Processes Do Not Compete With Food Production

“As the Bioliq process relies on straw and other biogenic residues which do not compete with food or feed production, we are thus in a position to make a substantial contribution to the development of alternative energy solutions”, said François Venet, Vice President Air Liquide Global E&C Solutions. “We are proud to have successfully implemented this challenging and strategically significant new technology of converting biomass into syngas jointly with our cooperation partner KIT and are highly satisfied to have been able to strengthen further our portfolio in the field of “Renewable Resources”.

The multi-stage process takes account of the fact that, on the one hand, biomass residues occur highly fragmented regionally and, on the other, it is imperative to establish an economically viable, commercial production scale. The construction of the pilot plant at KIT Campus Nord is subsidized by the Federal Government and the Land Baden-Wuerttenberg. Besides numerous institutes and service units of the KIT, several industrial partners partake in Bioliq.

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