Journal of Fundamentals of Renewable Energy and Applications
Open Access
ISSN: 2090-4541
+44 1300 500008
ISSN: 2090-4541
+44 1300 500008
Johann Gruber-Schmidt
GS Gruber-Schmidt, Austria
Posters & Accepted Abstracts: J Fundam Renewable Energy Appl
Diesel as fossil fuel in power application (combined heat power unit) and in mobile application like heavy trucks, heavy working machines in economy are well known. Using biogenic mass for producing substitute fuel for fossil diesel is well known. We specialize only on DME (dimethyl ether) and DEE (diethyl ether). There are several established pathways in producing DME and DEE as substitute for fossil diesel from biogenic mass. But all pathways describe the conversion of biogenic mass to the fuel. In this presentation, we focus on zero emission in production of DME and DEE and in the application of DME and DEE in power generation and mobile applications. As a result of the zero emission process, we collect carbon dioxide and water in tanks. Carbon dioxide and water can be used to produce DME and DEE. The pathways in producing DME and DEE from water and carbon dioxide are compared in different forms of energy (electric energy, solar energy and heat) and efficiency. If we apply a smart system, this has an influence on the selection of pathway producing DME and DEE. As a result, we are lead to synthetic production of DME and DEE like plants are doing every day: smart, de-central and solar energy, energy efficiency and zero emission. This result is not surprising, but it is a pathway in a new direction, based on the discovery that biogenic mass alone is too small to fulfill the global demand on fuel consumption in a sustainable way. Under sustainability, we understand reducing landscape, synthetic fertilizer and water consumption. The producing of DME and DEE is shown in a practical project in lower Austria in realization of a small plant with 500 kW electric power and 200 l/h DME and DEE production with zero EMI.