New milestone in second-generation biofuels

液化空气, in a joint project with the Karlsruhe Institute for Technology (KIT) in Germany, has successfully completed the second stage of a second generation biofuels pilot unit at Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe.

该试点单元将展示4阶段Bioliq®工艺的可行性，其产生来自植物（秸秆，木材，其他植物物质）的不可食用部分的第二代生物燃料。它由德国联邦营养，农业和消费者保护部根据可再生生物资源方案赞助。

After a successful completion of the first stage of the pilot plant in 2007, this bioliq® II unit will enable the transformation of the bioliqsynCrude® generated from straw into synthesis gas. The bioliq® process enables the production of 1 liter of diesel from 7 kg of straw.

Second generation biofuels can be used the same way as classic fuels. They are produced of plants (straw, vegetal waste, wood, etc.) in this way leaving the “fruit” or sugar of the plant for use as food.

Multi-stage bioliq® process converts straw and other agricultural and forestry residues to synthetic fuels for vehicles. This technology also has the advantage of increasing production yield and has a much more favorable balance sheet in terms of CO2 compared to first-generation biofuels.