Bioenergy Retrofits for Europe’s Industry – Handbook Published

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April 1, 2020

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(Netzwerk Biotreibstoffe) The BIOFIT consortium has now published a handbook on “Technical options for retrofitting industries with bioenergy”. The handbook includes arguments for retrofitting, describes the retrofitting process and its impact on public perception, summarizes the European biomass potential and logistics of biomass, provides an overview on biomass conversion pathways, and finally, explains technical retrofitting solutions for industries. The addressed industries are first-generation biofuels, pulp and paper, fossil refineries, fossil firing power and Combined Heat and Power (CHP) sectors.

The handbook shows that there is an abundance of possibilities to produce high value energy carriers, biofuels and other forms of energy from biomass, and that bioenergy retrofitting is a promising, but also already widely practiced, proven way to increase the sustainability of production processes. READ MORE

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partial table of contents:

4 Overview of biomass conversion pathways

5 Retrofitting first generation biofuel plants ……………………………………………………….31

5.1 Overview of the sector………………………………………………………………………………..31

5.2 Cellulosic ethanol add-on to first generation bioethanol……………………………………32

5.3 Alcohols for aviation …………………………………………………………………………………..34

5.4 Multi-feedstock biodiesel add-on ………………………………………………………………….35

5.5 Glycerol reforming to methanol ……………………………………………………………………37

5.6 Biomethane as substitute for natural gas……………………………………………………….38

5.7 Electrofuels ……………………………………………………………………………………………….39

5.8 Concluding remarks …………………………………………………………………………………..41

6 Retrofitting fossil refineries…………………………………………………………………………….42

6.1 Overview of the sector………………………………………………………………………………..42

6.2 Carbon reduction in fossil refineries ……………………………………………………………..44

6.3 HVO integration…………………………………………………………………………………………46

6.4 Pyrolysis oil integration into refineries……………………………………………………………50

6.5 Concluding remarks …………………………………………………………………………………..55 READ MORE

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