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E3S Web Conf.
Volume 197, 2020
75th National ATI Congress – #7 Clean Energy for all (ATI 2020)
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Article Number | 05002 | |
Number of page(s) | 10 | |
Section | Sustainable Mobility | |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/e3sconf/202019705002 | |
Published online | 22 October 2020 |
Assessment of Feedstocks and Technologies for Advanced Biofuel Production
1
Sapienza Università di Roma, Dipartimento di Ingegneria Meccanica e Aerospaziale, Via Eudossiana 18, 00184, Roma (Italy)
2
ENI Refining & Marketing, Piazzale Enrico Mattei 1, 00144 Roma (Italy)
3
ELIS, Via Sandro Sandri, 81, 00159 Roma (Italy)
The present contribution deals with a comprehensive analysis of the available feedstocks and the appropriate technologies to produce advanced biofuels. The analysis is focused on the EU countries, since they adopted policy measures able to promote advanced biofuels as a strategic solution for a competitive and sustainable transport sector. In this regard, four classes of feedstocks have been taken into account: wastes, vegetable oils, agricultural and forestry residues. Their availability is studied with the aim to respect the European targets in terms of emissions without neglecting possible negative impacts on environment and biodiversity. A metric for the classification of the different solutions is proposed on the basis of feedstocks availability, technology readiness levels (TRL), quality of the produced biofuel as well as feedstock and production costs. It is possible to conclude that, even if the several interesting alternatives currently available have a high ranking in the proposed metric and must be taken in consideration, green diesel is today the most convenient solution for producing advanced biofuel without risks of technological failures and feedstocks shortage. This analysis can provide insights to encourage the development of advanced biofuels in EU, especially for some of the Member States as Germany, France and Italy.
© The Authors, published by EDP Sciences, 2020
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