Tailored Bioblendstocks With Low Environmental Impact To Optimize MCCI Engines
- Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI (United States); University of Michigan
- Pennsylvania State Univ., University Park, PA (United States)
- Univ. of Delaware, Newark, DE (United States)
This project seeks to overcome impediments to expansion of algae cultivation and conversion into fuels to displace petroleum and reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. The overall objective of the project is to develop and demonstrate a microalgae bio-blendstock with greater than 60% greenhouse gas reduction relative to petroleum diesel, reduce sooting propensity, increase cetane number, improve engine thermal efficiency relative to a baseline diesel engine operating on conventional fuel. These objectives are being accomplished by: Applying cultivation of algae polycultures to achieve robustness and productivity, Converting whole algae to bio-hydrocarbons via Hydrothermal Liquefaction (HTL) to make a biocrude and up-grading the biocrude via hydroprocessing to obtain tailored bioblendstocks for diesel fuel, Optimizing diesel (MCCI) combustion through blending model compounds into diesel fuel to represent the tailored bioblendstocks through experiments and numerical simulation.
- Research Organization:
- University of Michigan
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Office of Sustainable Transportation. Bioenergy Technologies Office (BETO)
- Contributing Organization:
- Marathon Petroleum Corporation
- DOE Contract Number:
- EE0008482
- OSTI ID:
- 2004656
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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