Biofuels are made from renewable energy sources, which are inexhaustible by human standards.
Biodiesel, bioethanol and pure vegetable oils are already being used today in large volumes. The production of synthetic fuels from biomass is being tested in the first pilot systems.
Already at an early stage LEWA supplied several pumps for this development of 2nd generation biofuels to research companies.
LEWA pumps are used in a wide variety of processes for the production of biodiesel and other biofuels.
Depending on the particular application, different pumps that optimally meet the respective requirements are used:
Conventional process for producing biodiesel with LEWA ecosmart pumps for metering of additives (up to 300 l/h, up to 80 bar, ambient temperature)
Alternative process for producing synthetic fuels with LEWA ecoflow or LEWA triplex as high-temperature process pump for increasing reactor pressure (15 m³/h, up to 250 bar, up to 350 °C)
Esterification of organic fats or oils with methanol in the high-pressure process with LEWA triplex, process pump as feed pump for oil or methanol, (100 to 2400 l/h, up to 250 bar, up to 100°C)
Thermal decomposition of organic waste with a LEWA metering pump as feed pump for biomass (100 l/h, up to 320 bar), ambient temperature and a recirculation pump (250 bar, 350 °C)
Newly developed synthesis process for the Bioliq® pilot system at KIT Karlsruhe with various LEWA metering pumps and high-temperature pumps
The use of biofuels offers significant advantages in comparison to fossil energy sources:
Environmentally friendly by reducing CO2 emissions in accordance with the Kyoto Protocol
Excess capacities of industrial agriculture can be used sensibly
Political independence from oil states, global availability of the raw material
Can be used with current and future engine technology, because production of a synthetic fuel can be “customized”
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