Sustainable Production of Next Generation Biofuels from Waste Streams

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1 WASTE2FUELS Sustainable Production of Next Generation Biofuels from Waste Streams Anton Friedl1, Walter Wukovits1, Martin Miltner1, Florian Kirchbacher1, 3 Antonio Marzocchella2, Giuseppe pp Olivieri 2, Arnau Fatjó j Brugueras g 1 Technische Universität Wien, Vienna, Austria Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, Napoli, Italy 3 IRIS Advanced Engineering, Engineering Barcelona Barcelona, Spain 2 2nd ABE Workshop, Torun, June 2017 H2020 LCE Grant agreement no:

2 Objectives WASTE2FUELS aims to: Develop next generation biofuels technologies Contribute to a decentralized energy production Produce bio butanol as sustainable alternative fuel Enlarge the current biomass feedstock basis Convert unavoidable agrofood waste streams (AFW) Valorisation of 50% of AFW as feedstock for ABE: Prevent > 45 Million tonnes of AFW ending up in EU landfills Prevent 18 Million tonnes of GHGs Save almost 0.5 billion litres of fossil fuel 2

3 Project Facts H2020 LCE : 2015: Developing nextgeneration technologies for biofuels and sustainable alternative fuels Research and Innovation Action (RIA) TRL 3/4 to 4/5. 36 month duration 6 Mio Euro budget 20 partners 8 Countries 10 Work packages 3

4 Structure and Timeline 4

5 WP1 Selection Renewable Feedstock Establish an optimized AFW matrix (and a pool of reference AFW) Select the most suitable biomass pretreatment/hydrolysis for AFW matrix several technologies under investigation Identify/quantify inhibitors or toxic compounds and study detoxification technologies Optimize the enzymatic hydrolysis step based on commercial iland designed dcellulosomes l Select non carbon sources for ABE fermentation Potato Peels Apple Pomace Coffee Silverskin Brewer s Spent Grain 5

6 WP2 Metabolic Engineering Examine mesophilic bacteria genomes Discover novel enzymes to be used in designer cellulosomes Efficiently express potent cellulolytic enzymes and complexes in Lactobacillus plantarum Divert themetabolism of Lactobacillus plantarum from lactate to butanol production Generate a collection of Clostridia mutants able to increase their butanol tolerance 6

7 WP3 ABE Fermentation/Recovery Design and operate an innovative bioreactor system for ABE fermentation Design and operate butanol recovery systems adsorption, gas stripping, pervaporation, (rectification) Select best performing recovery system Set up and operate a coupled fermentation recovery system for butanol production Select most promising microorganism for butanol production 7

8 WP4 Catalytic Conversion Catalyticconversion conversion ofpure ethanol andethanol/water mixtures to butanol Development of heterogeneous catalytic materials Reactor configuration and parameter optimization Estimate the feasibility of commercialization 8

9 WP5 By Products Valorisation Identificationof of high value by products from AFW, pretreatments and fermentation Develop novel extraction and purification process for high value compounds Ultrasound assisted extraction Microwave assisted extraction Enzyme assisted extraction Characterise physico chemical properties of extracted molecules Valorise the process by products into biogas 9

10 WP6 Industial Scale Up Development of an integrated model to facilitate the industrial scale up Hierarchical approach Extensive component list Detailed unit operation models Optimization of waste to bio butanol conversion Analysis of fuel behavior of bio butanol Performance, efficiency, pollutant formation Influence in the combustion process Different engine types Impact of bio butanol use on environment and health 10

11 WP7 Process Finger Print LCA Life cycle assessment cradle to grave approach LCC Life cycle costing SLCA Social life cycle analysis 11

12 Other WPs WP8 Risk Assessment Identification of the main risks in the project (technical, IPR/legal and market) probability/impact p matrix Drawing contingency and mitigation plans Tracking project development (monitoring) through KPIs WP9 Innovation Impacts WP10 Project Management 12

13 Partners beyond the advanced precision agriculture/farming systems. Contact: This project has received funding from the European Union s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No