TU Bergakademie Freiberg is launching a new research and development collaboration with Shell Global Solutions International B.V. to improve the energy and cost efficiency of biomass gasification. This three-year industrial research project is ambitious. This is evident from its budget of well over one million euros, which underscores its application-oriented nature and its ambition, which goes beyond that of typical publicly funded academic research programs.
The project investigates how different biomass streams can be utilized in large-scale plants for the production of synthesis gas. The sustainable synthesis gas produced in this way can serve as a starting point for manufacturing basic chemicals such as methanol and alternative fuels, for example Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF).
The project includes extensive characterization of the feedstocks as well as pilot-plant trials. The research work is being carried out at the Professorship of Energy Process Engineering headed by Professor Martin Gräbner and is based in the Thermochemical Conversion research group led by Dr Stefan Guhl.
