Clean Forest—Project Concept and Early Results

João Gomes; Jaime Puna; António Marques; Jorge Gominho; Ana Lourenço; Rui Galhano; Sila Ozkan

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LAPSE:2023.6884

Clean Forest—Project Concept and Early Results

João Gomes, Jaime Puna, António Marques, Jorge Gominho, Ana Lourenço, Rui Galhano, Sila Ozkan

February 24, 2023

The Clean Forest project aims to valorize forest biomass wastes (and then prevent their occurrence as a fuel source in forests), converting it to bioenergy, such as the production of 2nd generation synthetic biofuels, like bio-methanol, bio-DME, and biogas, depending on the process operating conditions. Valorization of potential forest waste biomass thus enhances the reduction of the probability of occurrence of forest fires and, therefore, presents a major value for local rural communities. The proposed process is easy to implement, and energetically, it shows significantly reduced costs than the conventional process of gasification. Additionally, the input of energy necessary to promote electrolysis can be achieved with solar energy, using photovoltaic panels. This paper refers to the actual progress of the project, as well as the further steps which consist of a set of measures aimed at the minimization of the occurrence of forest fires by the valorization of forest wastes into energy sources.

Record ID

LAPSE:2023.6884

Keywords

Biofuels, biorefinery, forest waste valorization, generation of synthesis gas

Subject

Energy Systems

Suggested Citation

Gomes J, Puna J, Marques A, Gominho J, Lourenço A, Galhano R, Ozkan S. Clean Forest—Project Concept and Early Results. (2023). LAPSE:2023.6884

Author Affiliations

Gomes J: Departamento de Engenharia Química, Instituto Superior de Engenharia de Lisboa, R. Conselheiro Emídio Navarro, 1, 1959-007 Lisbon, Portugal; CERENA—Centro de Ambiente e Recursos Naturais, Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa, Av. Rovisc [ORCID]
Puna J: Departamento de Engenharia Química, Instituto Superior de Engenharia de Lisboa, R. Conselheiro Emídio Navarro, 1, 1959-007 Lisbon, Portugal; CERENA—Centro de Ambiente e Recursos Naturais, Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa, Av. Rovisc [ORCID]
Marques A: Departamento de Engenharia Química, Instituto Superior de Engenharia de Lisboa, R. Conselheiro Emídio Navarro, 1, 1959-007 Lisbon, Portugal; Centro de Estudos Florestais, Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Universidade de Lisboa, Tapada da Ajuda, 1349-017
Gominho J: Centro de Estudos Florestais, Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Universidade de Lisboa, Tapada da Ajuda, 1349-017 Lisbon, Portugal [ORCID]
Lourenço A: Centro de Estudos Florestais, Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Universidade de Lisboa, Tapada da Ajuda, 1349-017 Lisbon, Portugal [ORCID]
Galhano R: CERENA—Centro de Ambiente e Recursos Naturais, Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa, Av. Rovisco Pais, 1, 1049-001 Lisbon, Portugal [ORCID]
Ozkan S: CERENA—Centro de Ambiente e Recursos Naturais, Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa, Av. Rovisco Pais, 1, 1049-001 Lisbon, Portugal [ORCID]

Journal Name

Energies

Volume

15

Issue

24

First Page

9294

Year

2022

Publication Date

2022-12-07