• Muthyala, Paul
• Pischinger, Stefan
• Leitner, Walter
• Vorholt, Andreas
• Schmitz, Katharina
• Voelker, Simon
• Neumann, Marcel
• Kossioris, Theodoros
• Bardow, André
• Bachmann, Marvin
• Mueller, Leonard
• Lehrheuer, Bastian
• Hofmeister, Marius
• Groll, Niklas

Abstract

<jats:title>Abstract</jats:title><jats:p>The transition towards clean transport requires energy carriers tailored to their application. Promising energy carriers for heavy-duty transportation are synthetic fuels. Here, we introduce hydroformylated Fischer-Tropsch (HyFiT) fuels designed to simultaneously address the four key challenges of current synthetic fuels: (1) HyFiT-fuel production closes the carbon cycle in a flexible way by employing either biomass or carbon dioxide as feedstock, while being scalable through mature technologies. (2) HyFiT-fuels are shown experimentally to comply with global fuel standards. Material compatibility is demonstrated for two standard sealing materials, enabling the retrofit of today’s vehicle fleets. (3) Vehicle testing in a light commercial van shows that HyFiT-fuels substantially reduce combustion-induced particulate matter and nitrogen oxides. (4) A well-to-wheel life cycle assessment finds that HyFiT-fuels enable the transition to net-zero greenhouse gas emissions, showing simultaneously a favorable profile in a range of other environmental parameters, and can thereby complement electrification for heavy-duty long-haul transportation.</jats:p>

Topics

• impedance spectroscopy
• Carbon
• Nitrogen
• combustion