COMPARATIVE ASSESSMENT OF THE PROSPECTS FOR DIFFERENT BIOFUELS AND ELECTROFUELS FROM FOREST RESIDUES-STRATEGIES FOR DROP-IN AND SINGLE MOLECULE FUELS ARE BOTH INTERESTING OPTIONS
Paper in proceeding, 2022

This study compares several forest biomass-based biofuels and some electrofuels, for use in cars and trucks, in terms of economic and climate performance and resource efficiency from a Swedish perspective. Both dropin fuels possible to blend in conventional fuels and single molecule fuels requiring new vehicles and infrastructure are included. Mature costs for feedstock, production, distribution, and vehicles are included. There is no clear winner between drop-in and single-molecular fuels when considering both costs, GHG emissions and resource efficiency, neither for cars nor trucks. For trucks, both single-molecular fuels in the form of methanol and DME (dimethyl ether) and drop-in fuels in the form of diesel based on lignin and from hydropyrolysis perform best (given a process designed to reach high GHG performance). For cars drop-in fuels such as petrol produced from lignin or hydropyrolysis perform well, closely followed by the single molecular fuels methanol, DME and methane and some of the other drop-in fuels. For cars, where electrification is progressing fast, it is reasonable to apply the drop-in fuel strategy. For trucks, either continue with the drop-in fuel strategy or, due to uncertainties linked to new fuel production processes, invest in single molecule fuels such as methanol and DME.

greenhouse gases (GHG)

biofuel

pyrolysis

costs

forest residues

lignin

Author

Julia Hansson

Chalmers, Mechanics and Maritime Sciences (M2), Maritime Studies

IVL Swedish Environmental Research Institute

Tomas Lönnqvist

IVL Swedish Environmental Research Institute

P. Klintbom

RISE Research Institutes of Sweden

Erik Furusjö

RISE Research Institutes of Sweden

Kristina Holmgren

RISE Research Institutes of Sweden

J. Trinh

IVL Swedish Environmental Research Institute

European Biomass Conference and Exhibition Proceedings

22825819 (eISSN)

333-340

30th European Biomass Conference and Exhibition, EUBCE 2022
Virtual, Online, ,

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Chemical Process Engineering

Bioenergy

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