WasteWood2Fuel

Project description

Many energy-intensive applications such as aviation and truck transport face the challenge of being difficult to defossilize. These sectors always require a carbon source, even when using synthetic fuels such as Fischer-Tropsch derivatives or methanol. This can be obtained from CO₂ using direct air capture (DAC), which requires very high energy input, or from biogenic residues.

A predestined source is industrial wood residues or waste wood. Through the application of thermodynamic biomass gasification, biomass can be transformed into synthesis gas, which can then be further converted into methanol or Fischer–Tropsch fuels. The aim of the project is to analyse and model the entire system. In addition, the gasification technology will be optimized by integrating electrolysis-derived oxygen. In parallel, a pilot plant will be built to validate and demonstrate the processes in order to develop an overall technical concept that can be flexibly adapted to different site requirements.