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RE-CORDRenewable Energy Consortium for R&D

CREAR/RE-CORD Activities:

Thermo-Chemical Processes for the Energy of Tomorrow

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Eng. Matteo Prussi, Ph.D.

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WHAT IS RE-CORD?

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CREAR(Public Research

Center)

CREAR(Public Research

Center)

Pianvallico SpA(Developer of the industrial area of

Mugello - FI)

Pianvallico SpA(Developer of the industrial area of

Mugello - FI)

Az.Agr.Montepaldi

(Agricultural farm located in the Chianti Region)

Az.Agr.Montepaldi

(Agricultural farm located in the Chianti Region)

Spike Renewables SrL(Private research subject)

Spike Renewables SrL(Private research subject)

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National and Internazional Network

• International Energy Agency - Bioenergy– (IEA-Bioenergy, T34-Pyrolysis à T39, 1st & 2nd gen biofuels – M&G group)

• EU Biofuel Technology Platform – (WG4-Sustainability)

• THERMALNET – Intelligent Energy for Europe

• Italian Biofuel Technology Platform – (WG2 – Conversion)

• ISES-Italia – (Ital.sect. of Int.Solar Energy Society-Board of Dir.)

• Coordination of EC-R&D&D and IT-MATT projects

• International Master Course IMES on Bioenergy– (Bioenergy and Environment)

• SIBA– (Italian Society for Agroindustries and Bioenergy)

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Industrial partnerships • Mossi & Ghisolfi / Chemtex (IT)

– Second generation bioethanol from woody feedstock

• SILO (IT)– Esterified vegetable oil plant

• Galigani Filtri (IT)– Design and construction of cold extraction vegetable oil plant

• VWP (DE)– Vegetable oil engines

• Riello (IT)– Test on vegetable oil burners

• Assocostieri (IT, Novaol coord.)– Innovative microalgae cultivation

• IBT/Capstone (IT/US)– Microturbine adaptation for biofuel feeding

• TURBEC (Sweden)– Microturbine minor modifications for external combustion feeding

• BTG Biomass technology group (Netherland)– Pyrolysis oil test in an adapted microturbine

• SEA Marconi (IT)– Design and construction of biomass torrefaction and pyrolysis reactors

• Mawera - Viessman (A-DE)– Solid biomass furnace development

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Institutional partnership• ENEA (IT)

– Biomass gasification systems, bioethanol production, steam explosion treatments

• CNR – Istituto Motori (IT)– Tests and advanced measurements on biofuels spraying and combustion behavor

• Indian Institute of Science and Technology (Bangalore - INDIA)– Biomass gasification systems

• Aston University (Birmingham - UK)– International Master on renewable energies

• CSGI Consortium for large interphase systems (Florence - IT) [CREAR member]– Emulsion of diesel and biofuels for use in prime movers

• TUG Technical University of Graz (Graz - UK)– Clean and efficient biomass combustion systems– CFD simulation of biomass combustion

• Imperial College of London (UK)– Assessment on biofuels market, potential and perspectives

• IFEU (Heidelberg - DE)– LCA on power production from renewable resources

• Agronomic department (Florence - UK) [CREAR member]– Energy-crop activities

• FCT, Universidad Nova de Lisboa, (Portugal)– Vegetable oil related activities

• Boreskov Institute of Catalysis (Novosibirsk, RU)– Catalytic treatment of biofuels and emission reduction from power plant

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Ø ResourcesRE-CORD has an experimental area of 1 ha located in Montepaldi

Analytical lab located in Mugello, focus on solid and liquid biomass

RE-CORD,controls several plants fed by RES

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Pianvallico (FI)

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•Chemical LAB•Gasification plant (Prog.Min.Ambiente-MNRE India)•Pyrolysis pilot plant (Prog.7PQ)

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Montepaldi (FI)

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•Experimental Area (1 Ha)•MGTs (20 and 30 kWel) for PVO, BCO, etc, biofules•Engines for PVO feeding

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FLORENCE

EC LIFE VOICE – Veg.Oil (PVO)EC FP6 BIO_MGT

IEE – EUBIONET3

MATT – IT/India Gasific.

EC FP7 BIOLIQUIDSCHP

RE-CORD - Office

RT - Esterified VO

MSE - GIS Census ENEA

Jatropha (nursery & oth)

RE-CORD - Lab

EC FP6 REACT (Sol.cool.)

EC FP7 ALONE (Sol.cool.)

RT - SALTO (Sol.cool.)

Ind 2015 PRIT (M&G) Bioeth

RT MPS Siena Biodiesel

RT MPS Siena Veg.Oil

MICROALGAE – Assocost MAMBOEC FP7 BIOFAT

MATT – Egypt Sol.Cool.

Projects in Florence RegionProjects in Florence Region

RE-CORD -Office

Progetti PSR in negoziazione

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RE-CORDFIELDS OF INTEREST

•Biofuels and Bioliquids•Thermochemical processes

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BIOENERGY – A SUSTAINABLE AND RELIABLE ENERGY SOURCE - A review of status and prospects - IEA BIOENERGY: ExCo: 2009:05

1. Fischer-Tropsch2. Dimethylether

Research areas in bioenergy & biofuels

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Pure Vegetable Oils

•Traction•Energy production

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LIFE-VOICE

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Farm-scale implementataion of the Extraction plant (DIN V 51605)

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Re-esterified oils – OVEST project

Ø Alternative feedstock for oil production:

ü “Acid oils”, obtained by the edible oils processing

ü Waste cooking oils

ü Sludge oils

Ø “New - not edible - oils”

Ø Good characteristic for the

use in engines

Ø Lower costs respect to PVO

Ø Environmental sustainability

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Vegetable and Re-esterified oils

Ø Adaptation of technologies

ü Standard reciprocating engines

ü Micro Gas Turbine = IBT-CAPSTONE 30 kWel

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Use of Pyrolysis oil

•Traction•Energy production

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Thermo-chemical conversion of solid biomass => Pyrolysis Oil (PO)

Ø Slow, Intermediate, Fast

ü Bioliquid for energy generation

ü Feedstock for bio-refinery

Ø Use in conversion technologies not demonstrated yet

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EXHAUST

COMPRESSOR DELIVERY

MEASUREMENT SITE

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STARTER FCU

LUBRICATING OIL RESERVOIR

Bioliquids_CHP

ElectricLoad

Skid Mounted MGT

Ø FP7 EU-Russian cooperative project

Ø Biomass Pyrolysis Oil (PO)

ü LHV: 13-18 MJ/kg, 40-60 wt% O2, 20-30 wt% H2O, high viscosity, Ph 2-3

Ø MGT fed by PO (RE-CORD)

Ø Modified 20 kWelGARRETT MGT

Ø Oil Upgrading

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Next generation BioFuels

•BioDiesel•BioEthanol

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VO and Biodiesel from microalgae – MAMBO project

Ø High potential productivity (15-20 toil/ha VS 4-5 toil/ha palm oil)

Ø “MAMBO” project (supported by the Italian biodiesel producers).

Ø GOALS of MAMBO project:

ü Reduction of the energy consumption per kg of algae

ü Definition of the chemical-physical oil characteristics for biodiesel

production

ü Design of a pilot plant

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Biomass

Steam

Source: IEA-Bioenergy

BioEthanol from Lignocellulosic feedstocks

PRITproject

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XIX ISAF

International

Symposium on

Alcohol

Fuels Verona, 10-14 October 2011

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Organised by: European Commission & Brazil

Facilitated by: Mossi & Ghisolfi/Chemtex

Chairs: Dario Giordano & Kyriakos Maniatis

Organising Committee: Mrs Soares Pinto, Hart EnergyMr David Chiaramonti, University of FlorenceMr Marco Aurelio Lima, LNCTBMr Kyriakos Maniatis, DG ENER

Logistics: Verona Fiere & Media Consulta

Co-located with: International Symposium on Alcohol Fuels

VERONA Italy, 11-13 October 2011

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RE-CORDFIELDS OF INTEREST

•Biofuels and Bioliquids•Thermochemical processes

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BIOENERGY – A SUSTAINABLE AND RELIABLE ENERGY SOURCE - A review of status and prospects - IEA BIOENERGY: ExCo: 2009:05

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Research areas in bioenergy

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IIS-RE-CORD GASIFICATION PROJECT -AGROGAS

üAdaptation of an interesting

Indian gasification tech. to EU

standards

üDemonstration of reliability and

availability with EU feedstock

üEmissions control

üImplementation of automatic

devices (loading, control, etc)

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Main Advantages

üLarger heatng area

respect to traditiona

downdraft gasifiers

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üHigher residence time

üImproved Tar cracking

üBetter gas quality

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CO: ~20 %; CH4 : ~ 3%H2 : ~ 20%; CO2 : ~ 12%

Gasifier details for 70kWe

Capacity 100kg/hourPower generation 70 kWe gas engineFuel consumption 1.2 to 1.3kg/kWh of BMGasifier turn down ratio 1:0.35Gas average calorific value 1100kcals/Nm³ Cold gas Tar <15 mg/Nm³Cold gas particulate <15 mg/Nm³

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Pyrolysis and torrefaction

Thermo-chemical conversion to improve solid biomass characteristics:

ü Higher density

ü Hydrophobic material after treatment

ü Lower energy consumption for grinding

SEM analysis of torrefied BioMass

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Design of a small lab-scale reactor for pyrolsysis and torrefaction

üBatch reactor (1kg of dry BM)

üDin = 250mm, L = 400mm

üTmax 600 C

üAutomatic loading system (4 ltr)

üElectrical heaters

üNr. 3 Thermocouple for monitoring

üPID Controller

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üInnovativity of Pyrie plant

üUse of spheres for heat-transfer

üImproved design of the

mixing system

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Potential collaborations

• Development of process controls for our plants

• Development of measurments systems inside the machines and plants

• Development of innovativeprocesses and pilot plants based on Renewable Energy Sources

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Matteo Prussi

Renewable Energy Consortium for R&D

CREAR/RE-CORD Activities:

Thermo-Chemical Processes for the Energy of Tomorrow

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Eng. Matteo Prussi, Ph.D.