FME Bio4Fuels

👩🔬 Enhanced Eco-Friendly Materials from Organosolv and Kraft Fibers: Within our sub-project 3, Biochemical Processes, work package 3, Fermentation, published an article in Polymers earlier this year titled “Sustainable materials from organosolv fibers and lignin, kraft fibers and their blends". Tanase Mihaela MDPI

Leder for vårt sub-project 2, Liquefaction Processes, Judit Sandquist hos SINTEF Energy Research deltok denne uken på Bioenergidagene arrangert av NORSK BIOENERGIFORENING 🧡

💡 Gasification of Lignin: Enhancing Syngas Production with Steam and CO2: CO2 as a gasifying agent boosts carbon monoxide levels through interactions with solid carbon, leading to a higher energy content in the syngas. 📰 In October, our sub-project 4, Gasification Processes, published an article in Thermal Science and Engineering Progress titled “Numerical simulation of lignin gasification: The role of gasifying agents in entrained-flow reactors”. Morten Seljeskog #syngas #gasification #lignin SINTEF Energy Research

✨ Thank you to everyone who joined our joint webinar earlier this month - Fueling change: the importance of citizen involvement in the discussion on biofuels. 👏 Thank you to Silje Fosse Håkonsen from REFOLUTION Project who moderated the session, to Judit Sandquist for presenting us, FME Bio4Fuels, and to Nina Wessberg and Remina Aleksieva for sharing their research and results! 📽️ 𝗖𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗸 𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝘄𝗮𝘁𝗰𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗲𝗯𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗿: https://lnkd.in/dnzjsZBk Links to the presentations: ♻️ 𝑆𝑢𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑖𝑛𝑎𝑏𝑖𝑙𝑖𝑡𝑦 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑅𝑒𝑠𝑝𝑜𝑛𝑠𝑖𝑏𝑖𝑙𝑖𝑡𝑦 𝑖𝑛 𝑅𝑒𝑓𝑜𝑙𝑢𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑏𝑖𝑜𝑓𝑢𝑒𝑙 𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑐ℎ 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑗𝑒𝑐𝑡 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑥𝑡: https://lnkd.in/d8yJS-pG ♻️ 𝑆𝑢𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑖𝑛𝑎𝑏𝑙𝑒 𝐵𝑖𝑜𝑓𝑢𝑒𝑙𝑠 𝑖𝑛 𝑎 𝑁𝑜𝑟𝑤𝑒𝑔𝑖𝑎𝑛 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑥𝑡: https://lnkd.in/dci5u_V7 ♻️ 𝑆𝑜𝑐𝑖𝑎𝑙 𝐴𝑐𝑐𝑒𝑝𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝐵𝑖𝑜𝑒𝑛𝑒𝑟𝑔𝑦: 𝐾𝑒𝑦 𝐿𝑒𝑠𝑠𝑜𝑛𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐼𝑛𝑠𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡𝑠 𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑚 𝐵𝑢𝑙𝑔𝑎𝑟𝑖𝑎, 𝐼𝑡𝑎𝑙𝑦, 𝑆𝑤𝑒𝑑𝑒𝑛 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐴𝑢𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑖𝑎: https://lnkd.in/dkDKeW82 ♻️ 𝑅𝑒𝑓𝑜𝑙𝑢𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑗𝑒𝑐𝑡 𝑝𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛: https://lnkd.in/df48jPsd CINEA - European Climate, Infrastructure and Environment Executive Agency #renewableenergies #sustainability #socialacceptance #biofuel

For the first time in the annual Brazil/Norway November conference, an arena of growing importance in the cooperation between Brazil/Norway, our centre leader Duncan Akporiaye had the privilege of organising a session dedicated to the topic of Bioenergy/Biofuels. Within this session we had the opportunity of getting an update from three leading industrial actors: Petrobras with their pioneering strategy and activities within the broad area of bioenergy in Brazil, Equinor presenting for the first time results from one of their exciting research projects and Silva Green Fuel with an update of the status of their pioneering technology towards biofuels production in Norway. This was complimented by results from SENAI CETIQT, with Duncan’s presentation on behalf of the Bio4Fuels centre setting the stage of the important role of biofuels and the broad range of research in Norway – from feedstock supply to full study of a biorefinery concept with CCS. Considering the leading position Brazil has in research and implementation of biofuels production, we very much look forward to this event being the basis for increasing the interactions between Brazil and Norway. A signal of this intention was demonstrated in the opening of the November conference by the signing of a Memorandum of Intention between Petrobras and SINTEF with the goal of realising cooperation within areas of greatest synergy.

👩🔬 Upgrading biogas to methane: Within our sub-project 3, Biochemical Processes, work package 4, Anaerobic Digestion, has studied biological upgrading of biogas to methane. They are excited to announce their latest publication in Bioresource Technology: "Bioaugmentation by Enriched Hydrogenotrophic Methanogens into Trickle Bed Reactors for H₂/CO₂ Conversion."  This study showed that biofilm-based processes in trickle bed reactors could upgrade biogas to more than 96% methane. Lu Feng Thea Os Andersen Svein Jarle Horn #biogas #methane

This summer, with the help of their summer student researcher, Ingebjørg Neraas, our sub-project Liquefaction Processes, investigated conditions for extraction of organic compounds from process water. The aim of the activity was to investigate the effect of using liquid-liquid extraction to separate organics from water produced from bio-oil production. Variables tested include different solvents, solvent to feedstock ratios, and changes in pH. ⬇️ Find out more! Nikalet Everson Judit Sandquist

💡 Optimizing Lignin Gasification: Effects of Temperature, Steam, and Oxygen:  Findings show that increased reactor temperature enhances H2 and CO production. Higher steam-to biomass ratios increased the H2 and reduced the CO production, as well as improving the cold gas (CGE) and the carbon conversion (CCE) efficiencies. 📰 In April, our sub-project 4, Gasification Processes, published an article in Fuel titled “Experimental and simulation studies of oxygen-blown, steam-injected, entrained flow gasification of lignin”. Khalil Roger Morten Seljeskog

🪵 Optimizing forest-based bioenergy profitability: The role of timber harvesting and transport costs    Timber harvesting and logistic costs greatly impact the profitability of forest-based bioenergy. The transport costs play a significant role in this equation. A useful tool for shedding light on this complex issue is the tree bucking simulation software, with the possibility of setting the value of the timber assortment in relation to the distance from the processing plant to the harvesting site. In the simulations, it was found logically that the higher the value of a product from a raw material fragment, the longer the distance that can be covered while still maintaining a profitable value chain. These tools and findings can be used not only for evaluating current raw material streams but also for supporting decision-making in planning value chains. This news was shared by our Sub-Project 1, Bio-resources, Environment and Climate.

🔎 Social acceptance and biofuels, what's the connection? 📌 SAVE THE DATE and join our webinar this Friday 8 November at 10am to discover the connections and factors influencing public acceptance on the topic of biofuels! 🌐 𝐑𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞: https://lnkd.in/e_vPrVzt REFOLUTION Project ETIP Bioenergy #renewableenergies #sustainability #socialacceptance #biofuels