Projects

Research project
The research project is developing new fast phase catalysts which facilitate efficient conversion of residual animal products and wet waste products into second generation biodiesel.

Activity Manager DTU
Technology project 1 - Biodiesel from animal fat
The objective of Technology project 1 is to help optimise production of biodiesel from animal fat at Daka, with special focus on the quality of the finished product. Samples from the Daka pilot plant are analysed on an ongoing basis at Danish Technological Institute’s laboratory and at Daka’s development laboratory.

As part of this project, Daka Biodiesel has prepared an environmental Life Cycle Assesment which focuses on CO2 displacement and consumption of resources. The analysis indicates that biodiesel from animal fat presents real CO2 savings, even when compared to the use of animal fat for heating production via incineration. The reasons are primarily a higher level of efficiency in the conversion of fat to biodiesel and greater CO2 savings achieved by replacing fossil fuels with Daka biodiesel than by replacing natural gas with animal fat. Where CO2 reductions are concerned, animal diesel has very clear advantages compared to other biodiesels, even first and second generation bioethanol.

Read more: Life Cycle Assesment (LCA)

Activity Manager: Daka
Technology project 2 – Supercritical conversion
The objective of Technology project 2 is to convert wet biomass into biodiesel. This will be achieved using a new advanced method: supercritical conversion.
The technology available for producing biodiesel from a wet biomass is at a more primitive stage of development. It is based on the use of so-called 'supercritical water', which is achieved by heating under high pressure. The process is particularly suitable for treating wet biomass, such as waste water sludge and manure.
Grundfos tested supercritical conversion to convert wet biomass to biodiesel on a pilot plant in 2007. The first biodiesel was produced in 2007. Tests at Danish Technological Institute have documented that the first biodiesel has a heating value 38.5 MJ/kg (corresponding to 90 % of traditional diesel). The biodiesel can be used as fuel in a 50/50 blend with traditional diesel in a Yanmar diesel generator. Grundfos is currently constructing the first full-scale demonstration plant on which commercialisation of the technology for industrial sludge treatment will be based.

Activity Manager: Grundfos Micro Refinery A/S
Technology project 3 - Engine and emission
The objective of Technology project 3 is to produce documentation for the fuel characteristics of the biodiesel produced, including engine characteristics and emission.

In 2008 Dinex starts developing particle filters.
Communication project
The objective of the Communication project is to collect and disseminate results and experiences gained to the consortium’s remaining projects. Latest news of the projects and ongoing publication of newsletters at www.waste2value.dk.

Activity Manager OK