BIOFAT
BIOfuel From Algae Technologies
| Coordinatore | A4F ALGAFUEL SA
Organization address
address: BELAMANDIL contact info |
| Nazionalità Coordinatore | Portugal [PT] |
| Totale costo | 10˙016˙182 € |
| EC contributo | 7˙773˙133 € |
| Programma | FP7-ENERGY
Specific Programme "Cooperation": Energy |
| Code Call | FP7-ENERGY-2010-2 |
| Funding Scheme | CP |
| Anno di inizio | 2011 |
| Periodo (anno-mese-giorno) | 2011-05-01 - 2015-04-30 |
Partecipanti
| # | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
A4F ALGAFUEL SA
Organization address
address: BELAMANDIL contact info |
PT (OLHAO) | coordinator | 0.00 |
| 2 |
Nome Ente NON disponibile
Organization address
address: Carretera Nacional 343, Km 7,5 contact info |
ES (Cartagena) | participant | 0.00 |
| 3 |
A & A F. LLI PARODI SPA
Organization address
address: VIA VALVERDE contact info |
IT (CAMPOMORONE) | participant | 0.00 |
| 4 |
ABENGOA BIOENERGIA NUEVAS TECNOLOGIAS SA
Organization address
address: AVENIDA DE LA BUHAIRA 2 contact info |
ES (SEVILLA) | participant | 0.00 |
| 5 |
AlgoSource Technologies
Organization address
address: Bd de l'Universite 37 contact info |
FR (Saint-Nazaire) | participant | 0.00 |
| 6 |
BEN-GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV
Organization address
address: Office of the President - Main Campus contact info |
IL (BEER SHEVA) | participant | 0.00 |
| 7 |
EVODOS B.V.
Organization address
address: WEEGBREE 21 contact info |
NL (RAAMSDONDSVEER) | participant | 0.00 |
| 8 |
Fotosintetica & Microbiologica S.r.l.
Organization address
address: Via dei Della Robbia 54 contact info |
IT (Firenze) | participant | 0.00 |
| 9 |
HART ENERGY PUBLISHING LP
Organization address
address: S VOSS ROAD 1616 SUITE 1000 contact info |
US (HOUSTON) | participant | 0.00 |
| 10 |
IN Srl
Organization address
address: via Florio 40 contact info |
IT (Tavagnacco) | participant | 0.00 |
| 11 |
UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI FIRENZE
Organization address
address: Piazza San Marco 4 contact info |
IT (Florence) | participant | 0.00 |
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Obiettivo del progetto (Objective)
BIOFAT is a ‘microalgae to biofuel’ Demonstration project with a farming area of 10-ha for microalgae cultivation and a target annual productivity of 100 tons per ha. The project will integrate all the processes from single cell to biofuel production. The production stage will be based on photobioreactors for inocula production, and raceways for production of bulk biomass and induction of oil/starch accumulation, necessary to obtain the biofuel (biodiesel and bioethanol). Carbon dioxide derived from fermentation will be used. Biomass harvesting will be done by pre-concentration and subsequent centrifugation. A low-energy input centrifuge will be used. Extraction will be done by mechanical cell disruption of wet (25-30% dry solids) paste. Oil will be transformed into biodiesel by transesterification, and carbohydrates to bioethanol through fermentation. Oil and carbohydrate accumulation will be obtained by nutrient stress using specific algal strains. Only marine strains will be used to avoid any competition with food crops. BIOFAT will also develop the concept of algorefinery (i.e., high value co-products besides biofuels). BIOFAT will demonstrate at 10-ha scale proven and tested technologies which have been developed by Consortium members at small scale. Innovation will be in the scaling-up of the process to the 10-ha Demo Plant. Specific Engineering and Business Plans for setting up the 10-ha Demo Plant will be based on the results obtained from operation of 2 0,5 ha Pilot Plants (Italy and Portugal). The 2 prototypes existing in Israel and Italy will be used for the training of a development team. The overall sustainability of the algal biofuel and co-products production will be evaluated by LCA. The project will have a duration of 4 years. A funding of 7,733 K€ will be requested to the EC. A specific investment for the Demo Plant will be provided by investors according to the Business Plan developed by the Consortium and by mobilizing the necessary investment support from RSFF.