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Bio Ethanol

The transportation sector accounts for a significant portion of global energy consumption and carbon emissions. Bioethanol is gaining importance as an alternative fuel to help address these issues. While the use of biomass for fuel faces some controversies, many countries are working to establish biomass markets and contribute to climate goals through renewable fuels. Biofuels can reduce dependence on oil, increase agricultural value, and create new income potential. Fraunhofer is exploring catalytic generation of ethanol from biomass-derived synthesis gas as an alternative process that shows advantages over competitors like higher ethanol yields applicable to different biomass types. Further investigation is needed to optimize the process.

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Bio Ethanol

The transportation sector accounts for a significant portion of global energy consumption and carbon emissions. Bioethanol is gaining importance as an alternative fuel to help address these issues. While the use of biomass for fuel faces some controversies, many countries are working to establish biomass markets and contribute to climate goals through renewable fuels. Biofuels can reduce dependence on oil, increase agricultural value, and create new income potential. Fraunhofer is exploring catalytic generation of ethanol from biomass-derived synthesis gas as an alternative process that shows advantages over competitors like higher ethanol yields applicable to different biomass types. Further investigation is needed to optimize the process.

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Bioethanol from Biomass

Alternatives for the Generation of Biofuels


The transportation sector accounts for
30 % of the total energy consumption
and one fourth of the total carbon
dioxide emission in the world.

After banning MTBE in the USA, bioethanol


IS gaining increased importance in the fuel
industry. However, the utilization of
renewable raw materials IS not free of
controversy. Critics argue that net energy
yield is low and that the eco-balance is
unfavorable.

Therefore, every country has been


working on establishing biomass in the
fuel market and on making a
significant contribution to reaching
internationally set climate protection
goals through the utilization of
renewable energy sources. In addition,
biofuels reduce the dependence on
mineral oil, increase the domestic
added value, and create new income
potential for the agricultural industry.

Based on this background, Fraunhofer is


exploring the catalytic generation of
ethanol from bio-synthesis gas as an
alternative to competing processes or
utilization options. Preliminary
investigations showed that catalytic
synthesis of ethanol from biomass shows a
number of advantages compared to
competing processes as can be seen in the
table above. In addition, since the
installation costs of approximately 300-400
/ton are in a competitive range, further
investigation of the process is warranted to
answer questions regarding suitable
catalysts, efficiency increase, selectivity
optimization as well as byproduct
utilization, minimum plant size, and
biomass logistics.

Up to 5 % of ethanol can be blended


with gasoline for gasoline engines;
up to 85 % can be used with
modified engines; and up to 15 %
can be mixed in as ETBE. The fuel
additive MTBE is one of the most
produced organic chemicals
worldwide with an annual production
of approximately 20 million tons.
Gasification
(C10H1407)

2 CO

Conditioning

20n O2

Synthesis
3 CO + 3 H2
4 H2

'

40n CO

40n H2

CH3- CH2-OH + CO2


CH3- CH2-OH + H2O

20n CO2

2 H2O

( HRO = - 297 kJ/mol)


( HRO =

- 256 kJ/mol)

Basic process schematic for the alternative ethanol production

Advantages of catalytic
bioethanol
Compare with Fermentative bioethanol
production.

Higher yield (390 kg ethanol/ton


biomass)
No incubation of yeast, bacteria, or fungi

Applicable to all types of biomass


(lignocelluloses such as wood)
Compare with Bio-syngas process (Methane
catalytic and Fischer-Tropsch Reactor)

Shift reactions necessary that use up


some of the chemical energy synthesis
gases directly used for synthesis

Biomas Gasification

Gas Conditioning

Compression

Synthesis

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