On June 12 - 13 2024 we met for a content rich and insightful Bio4Fuels Days in Helsinki! This was the final conference in FME Bio4Fuels and the program gave an overview of eight years' of research as well as the importance of biofuel in the green transition.
A detailed program for Bio4Fuels Days 2024 can be found below.
The industry presentations from Neste, Silva Green Fuel, Valmet and Q Power gave an overview of and insight to status of commercial production technologies at different stages of deployment. Presentations from TNO and Natural Resources Institute Finland / Luonnonvarakeskus highlighted the dilemmas and opportunities for accessing significant biomass resources needed to support the clear role of biofuels in mitigation of emission from the transport sector.
These presentations from the invited speakers provided an excellent backdrop to the recent research results from Bio4Fuels activities within climate change effects, liquefaction, and fermentation technologies.
The scientific, oral presentations were followed by a poster session in the afternoon. Young researchers from Bio4Fuels and associated projects participated and a jury selected the best poster: PhD student Tan Phat Vo from Tampere University - congratulations!
The combination of technical discussions and networking resulted in a very enjoyable first day.
The final day was headlined by thyssenkrupp Uhde, presenting their perspective of gasification-based technologies and Wärtsilä with an overview of new marine motor technologies running on alternative sustainable fuels. Supporting presentations from University of South-Eastern Norway and Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) academic partners highlighted the pioneering research carried out in Bio4Fuels on modelling of gasification processes and complex kinetic studies of downstream gas conditioning and Fischer-Tropsch. The two days of technical sessions were completed by SINTEF Ocean giving perspectives on the global challenges faced by the marine sector’s access to sustainable marine fuels and SINTEF Industry showcasing Bio4Fuels achievement of coordinating across disciplines through lab to flow sheeting and costing of a fully integrated biochemical and thermochemical biorefinery.
Following the tradition of Bio4Fuels Days giving researchers insight to the challenges and opportunities of going to commercial scale, a visit to our host VTT’s Bioruukki and FutureHub2 piloting facilities rounded off a wonderful visit to sunny Helsinki!
Program Bio4Fuels Days 2024
12 June 2024
Welcome to Bio4Fuels Days! Duncan Akporiaye, SINTEF; Centre Leader Bio4Fuels
NESTE: Industrial Perspective to Innovation, Susanna Forssell
Silva Green Fuel, Wood Based Bio-Crude®, Klaus Schöffel
TNO Energy Systems, André Faaij
VTT's strategy on producing fuels and chemicals from CO2, Tom Granström
SP1
Luke - Natural Resources Institute Finland, Antti Asikainen
SP Leader introduction, Francesco Cherubini, NTNU
Climate change effects of advanced biofuel production in Norway optimized for aviation or shipping, Vedant Ballal, NTNU
Biofuels and Climate Mitigation: A Prospective Approach for Maritime Transport in Norway and Europe, Marcos D. B. Watanabe, NTNU
SP2
Liquefaction Technologies at Valmet, Tero Joronen
SP Leader introduction, Judit Sandquist, SINTEF
Continuous vs. Batch hydrothermal liquefaction of Nordic biomass, Nikalet Everson, SINTEF Energy
Coproduction of biocarbon and biogas transportation fuel by combining pyrolysis and anaerobic digestion, Kai Toven, RISE-Pfi
SP3
Q Power, Anni Alitalo
SP Leader introduction, Aniko Varnai, NMBU
Fermentation-based approaches for the production of biofuels and value-added chemicals, Volha Shapaval, NMBU
Anaerobic digestion and biogas upgrading, status and perspective, Lu Feng, NIBIO
Poster Session
Dinner
13 June 2024
SP4
thyssenkrupp Uhde, Claudio Marsico
SP4 Gasification Processes: Summary – 8 years in 8 minutes – Morten Seljeskog, NTNU
Gasification activities at USN and strategies for implementation of full-scale Plants in Norway, Nabin Aryal, USN
Gas conditioning and catalytic conversion, Edd A. Blekkan, NTNU
SP5
Sustainable Fuels, Wärtsilä, Kaj Portin
SP Leader introduction, Bernd Wittgens, SINTEF Industry
Fuel transition strategies to achieve real emissions reductions in shipping, Anders Valland, SINTEF Ocean
Modelling of an integrated biorefinery for spruce valorization and preliminary Techno economic assessment, Matteo Gilardi, SINTEF Industry
Site Visit to VTT Bioruukki & FutureHub2