Thermo-Catalytic Reforming (TCR)–An important link between waste management and renewable fuels as part of the energy transition
The significant progress in energy demands and limited fossil fuel sources, together with environmental concerns, have enforced the study of green, renewable, and sustainable energy sources. Biomass and its residues can be converted into valued fuels and chemicals through advanced thermal conversion...
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| author | Andreas Hornung Hessam Jahangiri Miloud Ouadi Christopher Kick Lisa Deinert Benedikt Meyer Jan Grunwald Robert Daschner Andreas Apfelbacher Martin Meiller Stefan Eder |
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| description | The significant progress in energy demands and limited fossil fuel sources, together with environmental concerns, have enforced the study of green, renewable, and sustainable energy sources. Biomass and its residues can be converted into valued fuels and chemicals through advanced thermal conversion technologies. Pyrolysis has been used for a long time for charcoal formation, while intermediate and fast pyrolysis technologies have become of considerable interest in recent years. This substantial interest is because these processes provide different bio-products (synthesis gas, bio-oil and biochar), which can be used directly in numerous applications or as a sustainable energy carrier. This paper investigates an overview of the fundamentals of Thermo-Catalytic Reforming (TCR) technology which is a novel intermediate pyrolysis process combined with a post catalytic reforming unit. This study also identifies the TCR process's features and advantages compared to other pyrolysis technologies, followed by a technical scale unit and the transfer of intermediates in final products. Finally, the treatment of effluents, heat management and implementation of such technologies are discussed. This paper shows how a continuous pyrolysis/reforming plant has been developed and established based on targeted reactor design and in conjunction with preventing major effluent streams, which could have a major impact on the technology's commercial success. Along with two major European projects (To-Syn-Fuel and GreenFlexJET), the TCR technology shall help to overcome the dependency on fossil crude oil and fuels. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-9d0186d07e574b38a33cb3e2661957df2022-12-22T02:48:27ZengElsevierApplications in Energy and Combustion Science2666-352X2022-12-0112100088Thermo-Catalytic Reforming (TCR)–An important link between waste management and renewable fuels as part of the energy transitionAndreas Hornung0Hessam Jahangiri1Miloud Ouadi2Christopher Kick3Lisa Deinert4Benedikt Meyer5Jan Grunwald6Robert Daschner7Andreas Apfelbacher8Martin Meiller9Stefan Eder10School of Chemical Engineering, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, B15 2TT, UK; Fraunhofer UMSICHT, Fraunhofer Institute for Environmental, Safety and Energy Technology, An der Maxhütte 1, 92237, Sulzbach-Rosenberg, Germany; Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg, Schlossplatz 4, 91054, Erlangen, GermanyDepartment of Engineering and Mathematics, Sheffield Hallam University, Sheffield, S1 1WB, UK; Corresponding author.School of Chemical Engineering, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, B15 2TT, UKFraunhofer UMSICHT, Fraunhofer Institute for Environmental, Safety and Energy Technology, An der Maxhütte 1, 92237, Sulzbach-Rosenberg, GermanyFraunhofer UMSICHT, Fraunhofer Institute for Environmental, Safety and Energy Technology, An der Maxhütte 1, 92237, Sulzbach-Rosenberg, GermanyDepartment Resilient Energy Systems, University of Bremen, 28359, Bremen, GermanyFraunhofer UMSICHT, Fraunhofer Institute for Environmental, Safety and Energy Technology, An der Maxhütte 1, 92237, Sulzbach-Rosenberg, GermanyFraunhofer UMSICHT, Fraunhofer Institute for Environmental, Safety and Energy Technology, An der Maxhütte 1, 92237, Sulzbach-Rosenberg, GermanyFraunhofer UMSICHT, Fraunhofer Institute for Environmental, Safety and Energy Technology, An der Maxhütte 1, 92237, Sulzbach-Rosenberg, GermanyFraunhofer UMSICHT, Fraunhofer Institute for Environmental, Safety and Energy Technology, An der Maxhütte 1, 92237, Sulzbach-Rosenberg, GermanyFraunhofer UMSICHT, Fraunhofer Institute for Environmental, Safety and Energy Technology, An der Maxhütte 1, 92237, Sulzbach-Rosenberg, GermanyThe significant progress in energy demands and limited fossil fuel sources, together with environmental concerns, have enforced the study of green, renewable, and sustainable energy sources. Biomass and its residues can be converted into valued fuels and chemicals through advanced thermal conversion technologies. Pyrolysis has been used for a long time for charcoal formation, while intermediate and fast pyrolysis technologies have become of considerable interest in recent years. This substantial interest is because these processes provide different bio-products (synthesis gas, bio-oil and biochar), which can be used directly in numerous applications or as a sustainable energy carrier. This paper investigates an overview of the fundamentals of Thermo-Catalytic Reforming (TCR) technology which is a novel intermediate pyrolysis process combined with a post catalytic reforming unit. This study also identifies the TCR process's features and advantages compared to other pyrolysis technologies, followed by a technical scale unit and the transfer of intermediates in final products. Finally, the treatment of effluents, heat management and implementation of such technologies are discussed. This paper shows how a continuous pyrolysis/reforming plant has been developed and established based on targeted reactor design and in conjunction with preventing major effluent streams, which could have a major impact on the technology's commercial success. Along with two major European projects (To-Syn-Fuel and GreenFlexJET), the TCR technology shall help to overcome the dependency on fossil crude oil and fuels.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666352X22000310BioenergyPyrolysisThermo-Catalytic Reforming (TCR)Hydrodeoxygenation |
| spellingShingle | Andreas Hornung Hessam Jahangiri Miloud Ouadi Christopher Kick Lisa Deinert Benedikt Meyer Jan Grunwald Robert Daschner Andreas Apfelbacher Martin Meiller Stefan Eder Thermo-Catalytic Reforming (TCR)–An important link between waste management and renewable fuels as part of the energy transition Applications in Energy and Combustion Science Bioenergy Pyrolysis Thermo-Catalytic Reforming (TCR) Hydrodeoxygenation |
| title | Thermo-Catalytic Reforming (TCR)–An important link between waste management and renewable fuels as part of the energy transition |
| title_full | Thermo-Catalytic Reforming (TCR)–An important link between waste management and renewable fuels as part of the energy transition |
| title_fullStr | Thermo-Catalytic Reforming (TCR)–An important link between waste management and renewable fuels as part of the energy transition |
| title_full_unstemmed | Thermo-Catalytic Reforming (TCR)–An important link between waste management and renewable fuels as part of the energy transition |
| title_short | Thermo-Catalytic Reforming (TCR)–An important link between waste management and renewable fuels as part of the energy transition |
| title_sort | thermo catalytic reforming tcr an important link between waste management and renewable fuels as part of the energy transition |
| topic | Bioenergy Pyrolysis Thermo-Catalytic Reforming (TCR) Hydrodeoxygenation |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666352X22000310 |
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