Title:
Pyrolysis Oil Based Fuel Emulsions for Marine Engines
Author(s):
Celaya-Romeo, J., Brodin, F.W., Toven, K.
Document(s):
Paper
Poster
Abstract:
The International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships (MARPOL) is reducing the allowed amount of sulphur in marine fuels and these reductions will continue in the future. Bio-oil is a sulphur-free liquid fuel and it constitutes a potential biofuel for the marine sector because it may be produced at industrial scale through pyrolysis of residues coming from the wood processing industry. Due to some of its challenging characteristics, it cannot substitute conventional fuels directly or be blended with them, but it might be used as a component of an emulsified drop-in fuel. The objective of this work is to determine the best conditions to produce an emulsified marine drop-in fuel. These conditions include the percentages of each component (marine gas oil or biodiesel, bio-oil, surfactant, type and combination of surfactants and the hydrophilic-lipophilic value (HLB) of the surfactant blend. Stability of the emulsions has been analysed by light scattering and visual observation at different times. This work forms part of the ReShip Project partly funded by the Research Council of Norway (The ENERGIX programme).
Keywords:
emulsions, engine, pyrolysis oil, diesel
Topic:
Industry Sessions
Subtopic:
Biochemical Conversion
Event:
24th European Biomass Conference and Exhibition
Session:
ICV.1.37
Pages:
1740 - 1745
ISBN:
978-88-89407-165
Paper DOI:
10.5071/24thEUBCE2016-ICV.1.37
Price:
FREE
