Aufwind assesses the capacity of bacterial enzymes for utilizing CO2 as a feedstock for organic chemicals or fuels. Three different commercially available photobioreactor types are constructed adjacent to each other and are evaluted.
Poroject Lead: Forschungszentrum Jülich
Region: Europe
Country: Germany
City/Town: Jülich
Timeline Start - End: 2013-01-06 - 2016-08-31
Project Status: Completed
Project Budget: 7700000.0 €
Funding source: BMEL
Activities:
- Research (CCU)
CO2 Source: Power plant (RWE power)
CCU Tecnology Category: Utilization
Info On Utilization:
- Biological conversion
Facility stage: Completed
End TRL: 4
CO2 capture/Utilization:
Production Volume:
Product Categories:
- Fuels
Specific Product(s): Biokerosene
- Airbus group
- Verfahrenstechnik Schwedt
- Verbio Biofuel and Technology
- Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der angewandten Forschung
- TU München
- RWTH Aachen University
- Lausitz University of Applied Sciences
- Phytolutions GmbH
- Deutsches Biomasseforschungszentrum
- Deutsches Biomasseforschungszentrum
- EADS Germany
- Forschungszentrum Jülich
- OMV