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www.evt.cbi.uni-erlangen.de Department Chemie- und Bioingenieurwesen (CBI) Lehrstuhl für Energieverfahrenstechnik Prof. Dr.-Ing. Jürgen Karl Regional Leaders Summit, RLS Energy Network, Western Cape (ZA), 12 March 2014 Jürgen Karl Lehrstuhl für Energieverfahrenstechnik Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg Research in Bio-fuels in Bavaria SECOND GENERATION BIOFUELS WORKSHOP: Exploring technical cooperation among Regional Leaders Cape Town, Western Cape (ZA), 12 March 2014

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www.evt.cbi.uni-erlangen.de Department Chemie- und Bioingenieurwesen (CBI) Lehrstuhl für Energieverfahrenstechnik Prof. Dr.-Ing. Jürgen Karl

Regional Leaders Summit, RLS Energy Network, Western Cape (ZA), 12 March 2014

Jürgen Karl

Lehrstuhl für Energieverfahrenstechnik

Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg

Research in Bio-fuels

in Bavaria

SECOND GENERATION BIOFUELS WORKSHOP:

Exploring technical cooperation among Regional Leaders

Cape Town, Western Cape (ZA), 12 March 2014

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www.evt.cbi.uni-erlangen.de Department Chemie- und Bioingenieurwesen (CBI) Lehrstuhl für Energieverfahrenstechnik Prof. Dr.-Ing. Jürgen Karl

Regional Leaders Summit, RLS Energy Network, Western Cape (ZA), 12 March 2014

Role of Biofuels

Technologies

Bavarian Projects

Opportunities

Conclusion

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1. The Role of Biofuels for Germanys “Energiewende”

Situation of Europe’s gas supply

Gaps to fill by means of Biofuel

2. State-of-the-art of Biofuels and Second Generation Fuels

• Methanation of Biomass

• Other synthetic Energy Carriers

• Key Technologies for Second Generation Fuels

3. Hydrogen and Second Generation Fuels in Bavaria

• Gasification Research (Biomass Heatpipe Reformer)

• Bavarian Hydrogen Center (BHC)

• Hydrogen and Methanation projects at the

Chair of Energy Process Engineering

4. Research Needs and Opportunities

• Outline for a Joint Research program

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www.evt.cbi.uni-erlangen.de Department Chemie- und Bioingenieurwesen (CBI) Lehrstuhl für Energieverfahrenstechnik Prof. Dr.-Ing. Jürgen Karl

Regional Leaders Summit, RLS Energy Network, Western Cape (ZA), 12 March 2014

Role of Biofuels

Technologies

Bavarian Projects

Opportunities

Conclusion

Folie 3

1. The Role of Biofuels for Germanys

“Energiewende” • Situation of Europe’s gas supply

• Gaps to fill by means of Biofuel

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Regional Leaders Summit, RLS Energy Network, Western Cape (ZA), 12 March 2014

Role of Biofuels

Technologies

Bavarian Projects

Opportunities

Conclusion

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Upcoming Role of Biofuels in the Energy sector

• …have to substitute fossile fuels in order to improve security-of-supply

Biofuels… Role of Biofuels

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Estimated natural gas reserves

Turkmenistan

2025 Russia

Russia

Turkmenistan

Norway

UK

NL

Algeria Tunesia Egypt

Ukraine

1999

Uzbekistan Kasakhsta

Situation of Europe’s

gas supply

• Reserves-to-production ration is

8 years for Europe and 10 years

for the USA (status 2012)

• Europe will depend completely

on Russian natural gas supplies

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Situation of Europe’s

gas supply

• Reserves-to-production ration is

8 years for Europe and 10 years

for the USA (status 2012)

• Europe will depend completely

on Russian natural gas supplies

Gasprom

Gasprom

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Gasprom

Gasprom

• Substitution of natural gas with

Biomass

• Methanation makes Biomass

transportable

• Biomass may be used

in urban areas with high

efficiency due to favorable

conditions for CHP and

without fine dust

emissions

Possible Solution

Situation of Europe’s

gas supply

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Situation of Europe’s

gas supply

• Substitution of natural gas with

Biomass

• Methanation makes Biomass

transportable

• Biomass may be used

in urban areas with high

efficiency due to favorable

conditions for CHP and

without fine dust

emissions

Possible Solution

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Regional Leaders Summit, RLS Energy Network, Western Cape (ZA), 12 March 2014

Role of Biofuels

Technologies

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Opportunities

Conclusion

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Upcoming Role of Biofuels in the Energy sector

• …have to substitute fossil fuels in order to improve security-of-supply

• … shall back-up increasing shares of wind and photovoltaics (PV) with highest flexibility

Biofuels… Role of Biofuels

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60

Power Production

In GW

50

40

30

20

10

Mo

15.07.

Tue

16.07.

Wed

17.07.

Thu

18.07.

Fr

19.07.

Sat

20.07.

Su

21.07.2013

70

Hydro Nuclear

lignite

bituminous

coial

Natural

Gas

Wind

PV

A Summer Week

in Germany…

up to 30 GW

Renewables

still > 50 GW

fossile and nuclear

for baseload

• Renewables cover 25% of Germanys power production

• Increasing the share of wind and PV requires affordable and

most flexible back-up capacities…

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Technologies

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Opportunities

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Upcoming Role of Biofuels in the Energy sector

• …have to substitute fossil fuels in order to improve security-of-supply

• … shall back-up increasing shares of wind and photovoltaics (PV) with highest flexibility

Biofuels…

• … have to use existing infrastructures

and storage capacities

Reference: pumped storage

hydro power stations

in Germany

40 GWh 1 Mio. electrical vehicles

10 GWh

Natural gas grid

2170 GWh

Liquid fuel

2500 GWh

Quelle: M.Specht, Kraft-Wärme-Kopplung mit

Biomasse, Augsburg, 10.03.2010

Role of Biofuels

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Technologies

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Opportunities

Conclusion

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2. State-of-the-art of

Biofuels and Second Generation Fuels

Methanation of Biomass

Other synthetic Energy Carriers

Key Technologies for Second Generation Fuels

Technologies

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Regional Leaders Summit, RLS Energy Network, Western Cape (ZA), 12 March 2014

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Technologies

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Opportunities

Conclusion

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Substitute Natural Gas

(SNG)

• Production of synthetic „natural gas" from

biomass ("Methanation")

hydrogen

hydrogenation H2O,

CO2, … + 3 +

heat

2. Step:

Methanation

CO CH4

1. Step:

Thermal

gasification

CO + 3 H2 CHxOy + H2O (Biomass)

+ CO2, H2O, etc. gasification

Examples for

Second Generation Fuels: Technologies

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Regional Leaders Summit, RLS Energy Network, Western Cape (ZA), 12 March 2014

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Examples for

Second Generation Fuels:

4 H2 CO2 CH4 + + 2 H2O

2,2 H2 CO + Biomass-to-Liquid (BtL)

+ H2O

Carbazol

H2

+

further examples: hydrogen, alcohols, ammonia…

+ heat

+ heat

+ heat

+ heat

• „Polygeneration“ is

particularly interesting…

3 H2 CO CH4 + syngas

+ H2O

Substitute Natural Gas (SNG)

Dimethylether (DME)

CH3-O-CH3

+ 2 H2O 4 H2 2 CO

snygas

+

„synthetic fuels“

„energy carriers“

Technologies

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Regional Leaders Summit, RLS Energy Network, Western Cape (ZA), 12 March 2014

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Technologies

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Opportunities

Conclusion

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Key Technologies for

Second Generation Fuels:

1. Gasification

• Syngas production

• Hydrogen production

Biomass

2. Gas cleaning

• Syngas cleaning

•Particle removal

•Desulphurization

• Tar scrubbing

•Conditioning

stochiometry and

excess steam

•…

3. Synthesis

• Synthesis

Catalytic

synthesis

with defined

pressure and

temperature

Second

Generation

Fuel Raw gas

Syngas

Technologies

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www.evt.cbi.uni-erlangen.de Department Chemie- und Bioingenieurwesen (CBI) Lehrstuhl für Energieverfahrenstechnik Prof. Dr.-Ing. Jürgen Karl

Regional Leaders Summit, RLS Energy Network, Western Cape (ZA), 12 March 2014

Role of Biofuels

Technologies

Bavarian Projects

Opportunities

Conclusion

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3. Hydrogen and Second Generation Fuels

in Bavaria

Gasification Research (Biomass Heatpipe Reformer)

Bavarian Hydrogen Center (BHC)

Hydrogen and Methanation projects at the

Chair of Energy Process Engineering

Bavarian Projects

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Gas cleaning CO2

Sequestration Synthesis

Thermal

gasification

(Reforming)

Thermal

gasification

(Reforming)

24261,037,1 6575,03425,03525,0 COCHOOCH with autothermal

oxygen gasification

Process chain for Second Generation Fuels

24261,037,1 48125,051875,03525,0 COCHOHOCH with allothermal

steam gasification

1. Option: oxygen

2. Option: steam

Reaction equation for the methanation of

biomass: (CH1,37O0,61)

Bavarian Projects

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Gasification

Technologies

• Dual Fluidized Bed gasification

• Applied for biomass only

• Small- and medium-scale plants

• Entrained flow,

fixed bed-,

fluidized bed

gasification

• Large-scale plants

Oxygen gasification

steam

gasification

Biomass HKW

Güssing, AT

Agnion

Heatpipe-Reformer,

Pfaffenhofen, D

Sasolburg factury Quelle: www.sasol.com

SNG-Anlage, CPI Xinjiang Energy Co.

Ltd, Yili City Xingjiang, China,

8 x 500 MW Siemens SFG-500 coal

gasifier, comissioning 2014

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syngas

flue

gas

steam

reformer

pressure

vessel

combustion

chamber

heat pipes

fuel

Karl, J., Biomass heat pipe reformer—design and performance of an indirectly heated

steam gasifier Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery: Volume 4, Issue 1 (2014), P 1-14

500 kW agnion

Heatpipe-Reformer pilot

50

0

10

20

30

40

Syn

gas

conc

entr

atio

n

in v

ol-%

,

Tem

pera

ture

in °

C

900

700

800

CH4

CO

CO2

H2

reformer

combustor

fluidized bed

combustion

fluidized bed

gasification

„heat pipes“

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50

0

10

20

30

40

Syn

gas

conc

entr

atio

n

in v

ol-%

,

Tem

pera

ture

in °

C

900

700

800

CH4

CO

CO2

H2

reformer

combustor

Performance of the 500 kW agnion

Heatpipe-Reformer pilot

Karl, J., Biomass heat pipe reformer—design and performance of an indirectly heated

steam gasifier Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery: Volume 4, Issue 1 (2014), P 1-14

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tar concentration

1.5 - 2 g/Nm³

0 20 40 60 80 100

char conversion rate char in %

char

bed

inve

ntor

y in

%

100 %

60 %

70 %

80 %

0 %

20 %

40 %

60 %

80 %

50 %

Col

d ga

s ef

ficie

ncy

cg

2.5 - 7 g/Nm³

Performance of the 500 kW agnion

Heatpipe-Reformer pilot

Karl, J., Biomass heat pipe reformer—design and performance of an indirectly heated

steam gasifier Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery: Volume 4, Issue 1 (2014), P 1-14

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Technologies

Bavarian Projects

Opportunities

Conclusion

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Process chain for Second Generation Fuels

• Reaction equation for the methanation of

biomass: (CH1,37O0,61)

24261,037,1 6575,03425,03525,0 COCHOOCH

24261,037,1 48125,051875,03525,0 COCHOHOCH with allothermal

steam gasification

with autothermal

oxygen gasification

Thermische

Vergasung

(Reformierung) Gasreinigung

CO2

Sequestration Synthese

Thermal

gasification

(Reforming)

(Factor 2,5!)

Gas cleaning Synthesis

… 0,92 CO2 per CH4

… 2,25 CO2 per CH4 Bavarian Projects

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EU Project

CO2freeSNG Objectives

• Substitute Natural Gas from Lignite (catalyst

screenings, raw gas cleaning, process

integration)

• Basic design 50 MW Heatpipe-Reformer

2.0

with integrated sequestration of CO2

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Technologies

Bavarian Projects

Opportunities

Conclusion

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Process chain for Second Generation Fuels

Thermal

gasification

(Reforming) Gas cleaning

• Reaction equation for the methanation of

biomass: (CH1,37O0,61)

24261,037,1 6575,03425,03525,0 COCHOOCH

24261,037,1 48125,051875,03525,0 COCHOHOCH with allothermal

steam gasification

with autothermal

oxygen gasification

Hydrogen

production

Bavarian Projects

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Technologies

Bavarian Projects

Opportunities

Conclusion

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Bavarian Hydrogen Center

• BHC focuses on the efficient production, storage and

utilization of renewable hydrogen

• so-called “liquid hydrogen

carriers” (liquid organic hydrogen

carrier – LOHC , i.e. Carbazol)

store large amounts of hydrogen

without losses at ambient conditions.

Bavarian Projects

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Carbazol

H2

+

• BHC focuses on the efficient production, storage and

utilization of renewable hydrogen

• so-called “liquid hydrogen

carriers” (liquid organic hydrogen

carrier – LOHC , i.e. Carbazol)

store large amounts of hydrogen

without losses at ambient conditions.

• a functional storage facility

will be revealed as part of

a demonstration system

Bavarian Hydrogen Center

Bavarian Projects

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Technologies

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Opportunities

Conclusion

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Work package

„Production of Hydrogen“

• Heatpipe-Reformer 2.0 @ EVT with

in-situ hydrogen separation

CO, CO2, H2O etc. H2 biomass

hydrogen permeable

membrane (z.B.

PdAg)

porous filter tube

Bavarian Hydrogen Center

Bavarian Projects

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Opportunities

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4. Research Needs and Opportunities

Outline for a Joint Research program

Opportunities

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Opportunities

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Opportunities Biomass

Wind,

PV,

Hydro

Power

Natural

gas

grid

1.

Gas-

family

2.

Gas-

family

Hydrogen

Partial

Reforming

biological

Methanation

Fermentation

CO2 –

separation

Process

heat

Gas production Gas cleaning methanation Gas-

conditioning

State-of-the-art Research

CHP

Elektrolysis

Thermo-

chemical

gasification

H2

separation

Catalytic

Methanation

„Biomethan“

„Power-to-

Gas“ up to

5% H2

Syngas-

cleaning

Syngas/

town gas

„Substitute

Natural

Gas“(SNG)

„Power-to-

Hydrogen“

Research needs for Biofuels in the Energy sector (example: methanation)

• there are many technologies and route options still to be developed

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Do we need another joint

research program?

If there‘s a gap between academic research and public policies…

• … do academics fail to comply with public needs?

• … do policy makers fail to comply with scientific insights realizations?

What is needed to gap bridges? Communication

Opportunities

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Regional Leaders Summit, RLS Energy Network, Western Cape (ZA), 12 March 2014

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Opportunities

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Opportunities

Policy makers favorite type of

communication

„We have to faciliate

the dating process…“

Scientists favorite type of

communication

What is needed to gap bridges? Communication

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Regional Leaders Summit, RLS Energy Network, Western Cape (ZA), 12 March 2014

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Technologies

Bavarian Projects

Opportunities

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What is needed to gap bridges? Communication

Policy makers favorite type of

communication

Scientists

communication 2.0

Opportunities

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Regional Leaders Summit, RLS Energy Network, Western Cape (ZA), 12 March 2014

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Technologies

Bavarian Projects

Opportunities

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Expected outcome: • Scientific exchange and gain of knowledge

• Lasting personal links between scientists and regions

• Sustainable ond ongoing communication

• New concepts and arguments for policy makers …

Scientists

communication 3.0

What is needed to gap bridges? Communication

Proposal for a Joint Research Program:

• each partner region should finance 1-2

PhD student for three years

• each PhD student shall stay 36 month at

his own university and 2 x 3 months at

an University of a partner region

• all students/instructors should meet once

a year in order to communicate…

Conclusion