KIT, Lurgi to develop pyrolysis, gasification pilot plant, with goal of $2.49 renewable diesel

In Germany, researchers at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology have developed a new method of producing a drop in biofuel for $2.49 per gallon by using pyrolysis to generate what they have termed bioliq, from wood waste and straw. The bioliq, produced by heating plant material in a vacuum at 500 degrees C, is then gasified, heated to 1400 degrees C, and catalytically converted into synthetic diesel, hydrogen or methanol fuel.

KIT said that they have established a partnership with Lurgi to construct a pilot plant that will open in 2012, and have established an economic model with a production forecast of 272 Mgy.

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