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Biofuels and bio-based chemicals help to reduce greenhouse gas emissions because
of their renewable nature. Efficient and economically viable production processes are
essential elements for a successful implementation and high-quality ‘carbon footprint’.
With success PDC embarked on the development of biofuels and efficient processes
for the production of biofuels and bio-chemicals and is still very active in this field.
Hydrous ethanol in gasoline
Our innovative conceptual design methodologies and expertise in analysis of physical
properties of complex mixtures have helped us to develop new and more sustainable
ethanol/gasoline blends. These blends differ from conventional ethanol-gasoline
blends in the use of hydrous (water-containing) instead of dry ethanol for blending
with gasoline. See www.heblends.com.
Biorefinery
PDC is involved in an EU project about biorefineries. The project EuroBioRef with
partners from 14 countries will start in 2010 with 23 million EUR funding from EU’s
Seventh Framework Programme. See also
Article EuroBioRef Projects 2010
EuroBioRef aims at developing a multilevel integrated biorefinery design for sustainable
biomass processing (renewables and waste material) into chemicals and fuels.
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