This final project report shares the assessment of the feasibility of using biomass as a source of fuel carbon in DICE (direct injection carbon engine), to produce electricity with low greenhouse gas emissions for the overall fuel cycle.
Report extract
This report gives research findings on Milestones 1 and 2, which comprise overlapping activities, and which include:
- The production of chars (pine and nitens) to optimise fuel properties
- A Business Case
- Detailed results of a 40 hour engine combustion test using a diesel fuel doped to simulate ash forming constituents
- 500h equivalent injection test using a test injector nozzle on a spray bench
- Progress on techno-economic model to quantify the economic and CO2 benefits of bioDICE for the Business Case
- BioDICE concept plant design including equipment sizing and cost estimates
- Evidence of engagement with and identification of potential commercialisation partners.