155 research outputs found
European Commission Expert for Evaluating Horizon 2020 call for proposals - H2020-LCE-2014
No full textParticipated in the evaluation of the proposals submitted in response to the - H2020-LCE-2014-1 call for proposals, issued on the basis of the work programme(s) OJ C361 11/12/201
Biowalk for Biofuels FP7 Project Kick-off meeting
No full textProject description
The world energy demand is expected to rise 60% by 2030; oil consumption has increased by 20% since 1994, while the European Union import dependency has reached almost 54% of its energy requirements in 2006. Land filling of biowaste is one of the major sources of methane emissions in Europe, contributing to 2% of GHG emissions in 2007 in the European Union (EU). Biodegradable waste that is land filled should be reduced to 35% of 1995 levels by 2016 according to the EC Landfill Directive (1999/31/EC). Direct and indirect green-house gas emissions (GHG) from industries are currently at about 12 GtCO2-eq. The Council Directive 91/676/EEC, has underlined the need to control the reduction of water pollution caused by nitrates from wastes to protect human health, living resources and aquatic ecosystems. Additionally attention is being focused on the treatment of biowaste, which requires strong support from EU legislation to address difficulties in their direct utilisation, cost-efficiency and its output product pollution.
Moreover, the need to focus on ‘non-food’ energy crops for the production of 2nd generation biofuels and develop cost-efficient solutions has been revealed and underlined in the recent report of the Food and Agriculture Organisation. In fact, currently, the production of biogas is principally carried out through anaerobic fermentation of (mixed) cereal crops.
The European Council, after the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Bali December 2007, set two ambitious key tar-gets: a reduction of 20% of greenhouse gases (GHG) by 2020; and a 20% share of renewable energies in EU energy consumption by 2020. Hence, the need to further explore new sources of alternative renewable energy and ground-breaking solutions to reduce GHG emissions becomes of the utmost importance.
Hence, it appears fundamental to improve the know-how about a “new” biofuel production, in particular regarding 2nd generation biofuels. In order to face this new challenge, this project, “Biowaste and Algae Knowledge for the Production of 2nd Generation Biofuels” will showcase a multidisciplinary approach for biowaste to be used as a feedstock and algae as a catalyst for producing biofuels.
The present project creates a synergy between the advancements accomplished, bringing together a series of complementary capacities that deliver an innovative 2nd generation biofuel
Developed the Biowalk4Biofuels Anaerobic digestion plant (Biogas from Algae and Biowaste)
No full textDeveloped the Biowalk4Biofuels Anaerobic digestion plant (Biogas from Algae and Biowaste). Managed of the entire construction of the plant
Developed a raw Biogas cleaning system
No full textDeveloped a Biogas cleaning system to remove H2S and H2O
Software Labview Biowalk4Biofuels
No full textDeveloped customized software for automation control, remote control and plant management of the entire Biowalk4Biofuels plant
L'oro verde: vizi e virtù dei biocarburanti
No full textIn molti l’hanno definita come la nuova corsa all’oro. Ed in effetti, negli ultimi anni, la produzione di carburanti derivati da sostanze vegetali ed organiche ha registrato tassi di crescita esponenziali, tentando di soddisfare un mercato sempre più assetato di combustibili alternativi al petrolio. Ma i biocarburanti sono davvero la soluzione all’indipendenza energetica ed al riscaldamento globale? E soprattutto: è possibile ipotizzare, per la produzione di bioetanolo e biodiesel, l’utilizzo di biomasse alternative, di tipo non alimentare, per affrancarsi da future turbolenze sui mercati delle materie prime agricole di largo utilizzo
Biowalk4Biofuels FP7 annual meeting
No full textTour to the B4B demonstration Plant Site;
Review of the technical progress made to date with comparison to the DOW, deliverables and milestones;
Presentation of the first part of the Project movie
BiowalkforBiofuels FP7 Project annual meeting
No full textProject description
The world energy demand is expected to rise 60% by 2030; oil consumption has increased by 20% since 1994, while the European Union import dependency has reached almost 54% of its energy requirements in 2006. Land filling of biowaste is one of the major sources of methane emissions in Europe, contributing to 2% of GHG emissions in 2007 in the European Union (EU). Biodegradable waste that is land filled should be reduced to 35% of 1995 levels by 2016 according to the EC Landfill Directive (1999/31/EC). Direct and indirect green-house gas emissions (GHG) from industries are currently at about 12 GtCO2-eq. The Council Directive 91/676/EEC, has underlined the need to control the reduction of water pollution caused by nitrates from wastes to protect human health, living resources and aquatic ecosystems. Additionally attention is being focused on the treatment of biowaste, which requires strong support from EU legislation to address difficulties in their direct utilisation, cost-efficiency and its output product pollution.
Moreover, the need to focus on ‘non-food’ energy crops for the production of 2nd generation biofuels and develop cost-efficient solutions has been revealed and underlined in the recent report of the Food and Agriculture Organisation. In fact, currently, the production of biogas is principally carried out through anaerobic fermentation of (mixed) cereal crops.
The European Council, after the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Bali December 2007, set two ambitious key tar-gets: a reduction of 20% of greenhouse gases (GHG) by 2020; and a 20% share of renewable energies in EU energy consumption by 2020. Hence, the need to further explore new sources of alternative renewable energy and ground-breaking solutions to reduce GHG emissions becomes of the utmost importance.
Hence, it appears fundamental to improve the know-how about a “new” biofuel production, in particular regarding 2nd generation biofuels. In order to face this new challenge, this project, “Biowaste and Algae Knowledge for the Production of 2nd Generation Biofuels” will showcase a multidisciplinary approach for biowaste to be used as a feedstock and algae as a catalyst for producing biofuels
Database SQL/Workbench - Biowalk4Biofuels project - Plant (EU FP7 Project)
No full textDeveloped a SQL Database software linked to the Biowalk4Biofuels managing labview software (EU FT7 Project
La produzione di Biocarburanti come risultato della depurazione delle acque reflue
No full textPartendo da un'analisi storica dell'evoluzione dei processi a biomassa fissata - dai sistemi a filtri fino alle attuali tecnologie che permettono di produrre biometano - si descrive un nuovo processo a contattori biologici la cui sostenibilità energetica è stata dimostrata grazie all'utilizzo di una particolare tecnologia innovativa italiana che consente un'elevata razionalizzazione dei consum
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