From Wood to Wheel

Per Salomonsson

7th Asian DME conference 2011-11-16

BioDME From Wood to Wheel

Worlds first demonstration of the highest scoring alternative fuel from the EUCAR/Concawe/JRC study
Basis for RED

From Wood to Wheel

Production Distribution Vehicles

Source: www.biofuelstp.eu SRA 2008

European Project BioDME 7th Framework Programme

EUROPEAN PROJECT
Grant agreement No: TREN/FP7EN/218923

Production of DME from Biomass and utilisation as fuel for transport and for industrial use

Starting date: Duration Contact:

1 September 2008 48 months per.salomonsson@volvo.com

Total budget EU funding: Energimyndigheten:

28.4 M 8.2 M 9.6 M

BioDME consortium
Chemrec and Haldor Topse develop and build the DME plant in Pite Volvo Trucks develops and builds DME trucks and a fuel injection system together with Delphi ETC, the Energy Technology Centre in Pite, contributes its technical expertise Preem is responsible for Bio-DME distribution and builds fuel stations in Sweden Total is responsible for fuel and lubricant specifications The project is financed by the participants, the EU and the Swedish Energy Agency

Engineering, Procurement and Construction of the BioDME Plant

Erection of main steel structure in May 2010

European Project BioDME 7th Framework Programme

Engineering, Procurement and Construction of the BioDME Plant

DME Production capacity: Pipe installation: Hand valves & on off valves: Instruments: Vessels: Heat exchangers: Process Plant Foot Print Construction cost: 4 tons / day ~10 000 m ~1400 pieces ~450 pieces ~30 pieces ~25 pieces

20 x 30 m ~ 20 million

European Project BioDME 7th Framework Programme

First Bio-methanol produced

Methanol sample from intermediate methanol production step ~7 m3 MeOH was produced in July before long (7 weeks) mill stop. Stored MeOH converted to DME Oct 27/28.

Plant restarted October 17 and is currently taken into operation

Fuel Distribution
Four filling stations dedicated for the 10 DME trucks in Sweden Based on existing LPG technology modified for DME Safety regulations based on LPG Total investment about 200.000 Euro per Filling Station

European Project BioDME 7th Framework Programme

Fuel distribution

Pite
200 m3 storage tank in Pite

Stockholm Gteborg Jnkping

34 m3 trailer

Available technology modified for DME Low cost Easy to achieve

European Project BioDME 7th Framework Programme

DME fuelling
49 L/min

Liter

Minutes Truck fuelling recorded at Bckebol Dec 2010

Volvo DME truck

Standard Volvo truck New fuel system New engine control Diesel engine with diesel efficiency DME fuel

EMS

Conventional diesel engine

Pump

DME tank system

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European Project BioDME 7th Framework Programme

DME EUV engine

6 cylinder, 12.8 litre engine Power, max: 440 hp at 1800 rpm Torque, max: 2200 Nm at 1200 rpm Compression ratio: 15.9 NOx reduction: cooled EGR Aftertreatment system: ox-cat for CO and HC Euro 5 without urea SCR or Particulate filter Fuel consumption as diesel on energy basis

Modifications compared to EUIV diesel engine (blue)

DME fuel system

200 - 400 bar

13 - 20 bar

1 - 15 bar

Common rail system - low injection pressures System design + Control strategy to prevent evaporation in fuel lines DME compatible material in fuel system seals

Safety

Non-toxic fuel Safety similar to LPG Driver education Outdoor parking

Operational range

~800 km Two 465 liter DME tanks Depends on application

10 Field test trucks

Field test status 2011-11-07

Trucks at customer: Mileage last week: Average last 5 weeks 9 11 643 km 10 778 km

Accumulated mileage: 213 069 km

HD BioDME trucks are in operation today!

Truck BioDME 9
Truck Field test start Acc mileage (km) Average consumption Application BioDME 9 / FH-842 2011-07-04 25 215 11,1 l DME/10 km 60 ton, Local haul, 24h/day Paper from mill to harbour ~20 trips / 480 km per day

Truck BioDME 5
Truck Field test start Acc mileage (km) Average consumption Application BioDME 5 / FH-711 2011-02-22 65 450 7,7 l DME/10 km 25 - 50 ton, Regional haul, 2-shift Day: 270 km Evening: 350 km

Watch the video at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=3l0fr_I0p4Y

Summary
More than one HD fuel in the future BioDME highest scoring alternative fuel from the JRC / Concawe study High CO2 reduction, energy efficient, cost efficient DME as a vehicle fuel is being demonstrated in the BioDME project Bigger threshold to introduce new fuel (compared to drop-in) Need long term regulatory framework designed to promote the best alternative fuels Society should consider total cost balance initial investment and operating cost All new fuels need stable initial support to build local/regional markets DME has potential to become an important energy carrier for the future

Current Status of Domsj Project

&

in collaboration

Domsj mill liquor gasified successfully in DP-1, Pite Investment support of 500 MMSEK granted by Swedish Energy Agency Sept 2009 and finally approved by EUs DG Competition 1Q 2011 Feasibility report completed (March 2010) Technology for Gas Purification and MeOH/DME Synthesis selected Front-end Engineering Design (FEED) scheduled for Q4-2011 to Q4-2012 for final investment decision in Q1 2013. Planned production start 2015, 100 000 ton DME/year or 140 000 ton MeOH/year

Vision

Carbon dioxide recycling in the methanol economy (Olah et al. 2009)

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