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Comprehensive Conversion of Biomass and Waste to Super Clean Fuels by New Solid Catalysts

Environment / Energy (Carbon Neutrality)

Kingdom of Thailand

Finished

Comprehensive Conversion of Biomass and Waste to Super Clean Fuels by New Solid Catalysts

Producing liquid fuel from botanical resources to solve both resource scarcity and global warming simultaneously!

Principal Investigator

- Prof.
  TSUBAKI Noritatsu
  Faculty of Engineering, Academic Assembly, University of Toyama
- Prof.
  Tharapong Vitidsant
  Department of Chemical Technology, Chulalongkorn University / Head, Center of Fuels and Energy from Biomass

ODA Recipient Country

Kingdom of Thailand

Research Institutions in Japan

University of Toyama / JAPAN COAL FRONTIER ORGANIZATION (JCOAL) /ENEOS Corporation / Tomoe Shokai Co., Ltd

Research Institutions in Counterpart Country

Chulalongkorn University / Northern Renewable Energy Co., Ltd / PTT

Adoption fiscal year

FY 2016

Research Period

5 Years

Overview of the Research Project

Development of gasification and catalyst technologies to convert biomass resources into liquid fuel
In Thailand, a tropical agricultural country, large amounts of agricultural residues including those from processing of agricultural products are being wasted. The project aims to create renewable energy resources as an alternative to fossil fuels by developing gasification technologies to obtain gas from such agricultural residues and catalyst technologies to convert the gas to liquid fuel. We will not only develop technologies for characterization of resources, conversion to gas suitable for catalytic reaction, and catalytic conversion of gas to diesel, gasoline, LPG or methanol, but will also build a platform for the social implementation of these technologies through verification of product utilization characteristics as well as human resource development.

Contribute to solving resource and environmental issues by producing liquid fuel from renewable energy resources as an alternative to fossil fuels.
Alternative fuels to fossil fuels and chemical products from abundant biomass resources are produced in Thailand. The obtained biofuels will serve to improve Thailand’s energy self-sufficiency ratio, promote agriculture and rural communities, and conserve the environment of Thailand. In the future, it will also contribute to the development of fuel production from biomass that does not compete with the food supply and prevent global warming by the use of alternative fuels to fossil fuels.