Technopark in European projects
Technopark Kralupy together with the Institute of Petroleum Technology and Alternative Fuels ICT Prague involved in solving BioMates new project, which is funded by the Framework Program for Research and Innovation Horizon EU by 2020.
BioMates project is focused on the treatment of non-food biomass into chemical intermediates, which could be used in conventional processes of oil. The development of a process which would enable effective and decentralized processing residues from the non-food crop production and biomass, such as straw and perennial grass (Miscanthus x giganteus) is a key activity of the project. The aim of the project is to get out of the processing of biomass such bio-components, which are compatible with the current resource base for the production of motor fuels. These components would be then manufactured in existing refineries conformed for processing of fossil fuels. The resulting hybrid fuel should, despite the high content of bio-components could be used in conventional combustion systems.
The main task of ICT together with another Czech subscriber by RANIDO, Ltd., development and testing of a suitable catalyst system for the above described use. Besides ICT and RANIDO them into the project involved the Fraunhofer Institute for Environmental, Safety, and Energy Technology UMSICHT, Germany (project coordinator), Center for Research & Technology Hellas / ČeRth - Chemical Process & Energy Resources Institute / CPER, Greece, Imperial College London , United Kingdom, ifeu - Institut für Energie- und Umweltforschung Heidelberg GmbH, Germany, Hydrogen Efficiency Technologies (HyET) BV, the Netherlands and BP Europa SE, Germany.
Name of Project: Reliable Bio-based Refinery Intermediates
Website: www. biomates.eu
Period of solution: 1. 10. 2016 – 30. 9. 2020
Principal investigator for UCT Praha: Ing. David Kubička, Ph.D. MBA.
This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under the grant agreement No 727463.
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