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Future Fuels—Analyses of the Future Prospects of Renewable Synthetic Fuels
Thomas Pregger, Günter Schiller, Felix Cebulla, Ralph-Uwe Dietrich, Simon Maier, André Thess, Andreas Lischke, Nathalie Monnerie, Christian Sattler, Patrick Le Clercq, Bastian Rauch, Markus Köhler, Michael Severin, Peter Kutne, Christiane Voigt, Hans Schlager, Simone Ehrenberger, Mario Feinauer, Lukas Werling, Victor P. Zhukov, Christoph Kirchberger, Helmut K. Ciezki, Florian Linke, Torsten Methling, Uwe Riedel, Manfred Aigner
March 22, 2023
The Future Fuels project combines research in several institutes of the German Aerospace Center (DLR) on the production and use of synthetic fuels for space, energy, transportation, and aviation. This article gives an overview of the research questions considered and results achieved so far and also provides insight into the multidimensional and interdisciplinary project approach. Various methods and models were used which are embedded in the research context and based on established approaches. The prospects for large-scale fuel production using renewable electricity and solar radiation played a key role in the project. Empirical and model-based investigations of the technological and cost-related aspects were supplemented by modelling of the integration into a future electricity system. The composition, properties, and the related performance and emissions of synthetic fuels play an important role both for potential oxygenated drop-in fuels in road transport and for the design and certification of alternative aviation fuels. In addition, possible green synthetic fuels as an alternative to highly toxic hydrazine were investigated with different tools and experiments using combustion chambers. The results provide new answers to many research questions. The experiences with the interdisciplinary approach of Future Fuels are relevant for the further development of research topics and co-operations in this field.
Keywords
aviation fuel, green propellant, Hydrogen, power-to-liquid, Renewable and Sustainable Energy, solar fuel, synthetic fuel, systems analysis, technology assessment
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Pregger T, Schiller G, Cebulla F, Dietrich RU, Maier S, Thess A, Lischke A, Monnerie N, Sattler C, Clercq PL, Rauch B, Köhler M, Severin M, Kutne P, Voigt C, Schlager H, Ehrenberger S, Feinauer M, Werling L, Zhukov VP, Kirchberger C, Ciezki HK, Linke F, Methling T, Riedel U, Aigner M. Future Fuels—Analyses of the Future Prospects of Renewable Synthetic Fuels. (2023). LAPSE:2023.21401
Author Affiliations
Pregger T: Institute of Engineering Thermodynamics, German Aerospace Center (DLR), Pfaffenwaldring 38-40, 70569 Stuttgart, Germany
Schiller G: Institute of Engineering Thermodynamics, German Aerospace Center (DLR), Pfaffenwaldring 38-40, 70569 Stuttgart, Germany
Cebulla F: Institute of Engineering Thermodynamics, German Aerospace Center (DLR), Pfaffenwaldring 38-40, 70569 Stuttgart, Germany [ORCID]
Dietrich RU: Institute of Engineering Thermodynamics, German Aerospace Center (DLR), Pfaffenwaldring 38-40, 70569 Stuttgart, Germany
Maier S: Institute of Engineering Thermodynamics, German Aerospace Center (DLR), Pfaffenwaldring 38-40, 70569 Stuttgart, Germany
Thess A: Institute of Engineering Thermodynamics, German Aerospace Center (DLR), Pfaffenwaldring 38-40, 70569 Stuttgart, Germany
Lischke A: Institute of Transport Research, German Aerospace Center (DLR), Rudower Chaussee 7, 12489 Berlin, Germany
Monnerie N: Institute of Solar Research, German Aerospace Center (DLR), Linder Höhe, 51147 Köln, Germany
Sattler C: Institute of Solar Research, German Aerospace Center (DLR), Linder Höhe, 51147 Köln, Germany
Clercq PL: Institute of Combustion Technology, German Aerospace Center (DLR), Pfaffenwaldring 38-40, 70569 Stuttgart, Germany
Rauch B: Institute of Combustion Technology, German Aerospace Center (DLR), Pfaffenwaldring 38-40, 70569 Stuttgart, Germany [ORCID]
Köhler M: Institute of Combustion Technology, German Aerospace Center (DLR), Pfaffenwaldring 38-40, 70569 Stuttgart, Germany [ORCID]
Severin M: Institute of Combustion Technology, German Aerospace Center (DLR), Pfaffenwaldring 38-40, 70569 Stuttgart, Germany
Kutne P: Institute of Combustion Technology, German Aerospace Center (DLR), Pfaffenwaldring 38-40, 70569 Stuttgart, Germany [ORCID]
Voigt C: Institute of Atmospheric Physics, German Aerospace Center (DLR), Münchener Straße 20, 82234 Weßling, Germany [ORCID]
Schlager H: Institute of Atmospheric Physics, German Aerospace Center (DLR), Münchener Straße 20, 82234 Weßling, Germany
Ehrenberger S: Institute of Vehicle Concepts, German Aerospace Center (DLR), Pfaffenwaldring 38-40, 70569 Stuttgart, Germany [ORCID]
Feinauer M: Institute of Vehicle Concepts, German Aerospace Center (DLR), Pfaffenwaldring 38-40, 70569 Stuttgart, Germany
Werling L: Institute of Space Propulsion, German Aerospace Center (DLR), Im Langen Grund, 74239 Hardthausen, Germany [ORCID]
Zhukov VP: Institute of Space Propulsion, German Aerospace Center (DLR), Im Langen Grund, 74239 Hardthausen, Germany [ORCID]
Kirchberger C: Institute of Space Propulsion, German Aerospace Center (DLR), Im Langen Grund, 74239 Hardthausen, Germany [ORCID]
Ciezki HK: Institute of Space Propulsion, German Aerospace Center (DLR), Im Langen Grund, 74239 Hardthausen, Germany
Linke F: Air Transportation Systems, German Aerospace Center (DLR), Blohmstraße 20, 21079 Hamburg, Germany
Methling T: Institute of Combustion Technology, German Aerospace Center (DLR), Pfaffenwaldring 38-40, 70569 Stuttgart, Germany [ORCID]
Riedel U: Institute of Combustion Technology, German Aerospace Center (DLR), Pfaffenwaldring 38-40, 70569 Stuttgart, Germany
Aigner M: Institute of Combustion Technology, German Aerospace Center (DLR), Pfaffenwaldring 38-40, 70569 Stuttgart, Germany
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Energies
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13
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E138
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2019
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2019-12-26
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1996-1073
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