FP6: INTAS 1000005-7745 Competitive Hydrogen From Agro-Forestry Residues

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Type of Project	INTAS
Contract No	FP6 - FP6: INTAS 1000005-7745
Total Cost	0.08 KEuro
EC Contribution	0.08 KEuro
Start Date	1-1-2007
Duration	24Months

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Abstract

This project is funded under INTAS (International Association for the promotion of cooperation with scientists from the independent states of the former Soviet Union ) as part of the International Cooperation Programme (INCO).

It will investigate an original 4 step process to produce nearly pure hydrogen from moist biomass. Activites will cover the most innovative of the steps, skipping the first (drying and pelletising fresh biomass) and the last (steam shift of syngas to hydrogen), which are the steps with least technological risk.

It is expected that the development of the second step (carbonisation of the pellets) and the third step (steam reforming of the cabonised pellets) will give maximum added value. and provide results that can easily be combined with the first and last step to yield a process that can be implemented commercially.

The second and third step require the most research in order to define the best process parameters and to obtain an optimal energetic efficiency and the best composition of the syngas, with the least possible amount of impurities (resolving also the known tar problem for gasification).

The role of fund raising to implement the objectives of this reduced proposal within a complete (including first and last step) becomes important in order to guarantee a genuine impact of this project on the NIS countries and their relation to the EU.

It is expected that investors will be found that are interested to realise a complete line, a s the partners have been networking for several years to obtain this.

Activities

In this project,

• The process of converting a defined quality of pellets to syngas will be optimised;
• A working prototype for about 5 kg/h syngas will be constructed (corresponding to 0.5 kg/hour of H2)
• The technical (not executive) design for a ton bio-hydrogen/hour will be obtained.
• Promotion will be made for a complete 4-step demonstration plant with external (non-INTAS) resources.

Coordinator

European Biomass Industry Association (EUBIA),

Partners

• Energia, Trasporti, Agricoltura S.r.l., ETA, Italy,
• Luikov€s Heat and Mass Transfer Institute, National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, Belarus
• Boreskov Institute of Catalysis, Russia
• Centre for the Development of Innovative Technology €Renewable Energy€, CDIT, Russia;

Contacts

Contact

• Secretary General / EUBIA - European Biomass Industry Association BELGIUM