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A Pilot for Manufacturing Second Generation Biofuel

http://www.bulletins-electroniques.com/actualites/62211.htm

The Biomass to Liquid (BtL) pilot facility, the first of its kind in France, will be built in Bure-Saudron, located on the border between the Haute-Marne and Meuse départements. The facility will be testing the complete biofuel production chain, from biomass collection and processing, to fuel synthesis using the Fischer-Tropsch process, including the gasification stage. The industrial demonstrator will be using local timber and agricultural resources as raw materials, estimated at 75,000 tons per year of dry matter. Expected production is to the order of 23,000 tons per year of biofuel (diesel, kerosene and naphtha).

Currently, BtL chain mass yields (amount of matter at entry/amount of fuel at exit) are limited and need to be improved. The Bure-Saudron demonstrator will be testing an original solution to increase process yield. The generated hydrogen/carbon monoxide ratio during the fuel synthesis stage will be substantially increased through the outside input of hydrogen. The innovation is a world first for a pre-industrial sized demonstrator.

The first construction phase of the BtL demonstrator, which the CEA (French Atomic Energy Commission) and its industrial partners have decided to launch, is in line with the detailed design studies. A contract has been signed with the CNIM group that will be general project contractor, in partnership with the Air Liquide Group, Choren, SNC Lavalin, Foster-Wheeler France and MSW Energies. Building the pre-industrial facility will actually get off the ground depending on study results, which should be available in mid-2011.

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CEA - Stéphane Laveissière - Phone: +33 (0)1 64 50 27 53 - Email: stephane.laveissiere@cea.fr

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ADIT - Jean-François Desessard - email: jfd@adit.fr

eTech France numéro 237 (8/02/2010) - ADIT / ADIT - http://www.bulletins-electroniques.com/actualites/62211.htm