Power-To-X – Power The Future
The fuel of the future:
Up to 90% fewer CO2 emissions through E-fuels
„Using carbon dioxide as the basis for the manufacture of synthetic fuel is a unique selling point of the CAC technology.“
(Stephan Schmidt, Product Manager for Synthetic Fuels at CAC)
„Synthetic fuels are the future of mobility“
(Dr. Mario Kuschel, Head of Research & Development at CAC)
Synthetic Fuel
environmentally-friendly, inexhaustible and CO2-neutral:
Practical test confirms quality: the most important process stage in the manufacturing chain is the transformation of the methanol extracted from carbon dioxide and hydrogen into gasoline. In the demonstration plant at TU Bergakademie Freiberg CAC has already produced more than 16,000 liters of the green gasoline. Filled and sent to car manufacturers for fleet trials, the practical applicability of the fuel has been confirmed. Both the quality of the gasoline and the technical plant design enable realization on a large industrial scale, thereby implementing the sustainability goals of the German government (RED II) with immediate effect.
C3-Mobility: the research and development work is supported by the federal government and the Free State of Saxony. More than 50 percent of the cost was met by the company’s own funds.
The synthetic fuel is the new, sustainable energy and future source of propulsion for transport, agriculture, industry and heat generation.
To cover the complete process chain from power-to-X we are collaborating with renowned industrial co-operation partners. Parallel to this, we are also working with a well-known refinery operator to investigate the integration of gasoline synthesis using CAC technology into an existing complex. In addition, in the scope of the KEROSyN100 joint research project CAC is working with the University of Bremen and the refinery in Heide near Hamburg to develop a technology for the manufacture of synthetic kerosene.
manufactured from the three components
Synthetic Fuel from Electricity, Water and CO2
For a model project, CAC has developed and simulated an entire process chain, including power generation from wind and hydroelectric power. The CO2 is separated via carbon capture. The necessary hydrogen is extracted from completely normal water using the electrolysis process. The goal of the project is to produce a synthetic, high-octane fuel that is CO2-neutral. The idea of utilizing surplus CO2 to manufacture fuel transforms an unwanted by-product into a desirable commodity. Industrial companies with high CO2 emissions would not need to release the carbon dioxide into the environment, but could instead incorporate it directly into the power generation cycle as raw material.
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The first tests of car manufacturers using various vehicles confirm that the synthetic fuel fulfils the required application properties. As a market launch would only involve a minor alteration of the composition of the fuel and increase the proportion of synthetic fuel, the existing infrastructure up to the end consumer could remain in place at filling stations – ideal prerequisites for a market launch that could occur in the near future.
Joachim Engelmann
Managing director and shareholder of CAC: „We firmly believe that we have developed something unique. At our company we have highly-qualified process engineers working in the field of R&D. We can see the potential and are convinced of the impact that this newly-developed technology will have.“
Dr. Mario Kuschel
Head of Research & Development at CAC: “In our process gasoline can be produced in an almost CO2-neutral way, as we only require CO2, water and electricity – ideally from renewable sources.”
Stephan Schmidt
Product Manager for Synthetic Fuels at CAC: “The idea of utilizing surplus CO2 to manufacture fuel transforms an unwanted by-product into a desirable commodity.”
Dr. René Stahlschmidt
Head of Sales at CAC: “With our market-ready technology E-fuels can be produced immediately on a large scale and used in any petrol engine via the existing transport and filling station infrastructure.”
TV Report on Clean Gasoline
TV Report in MDR Sachsenspiegel
From Smokestack to Fuel Pump: “Clean” Fuel from Water and CO2
CAC has been mentioned in the print and online versions of specialist journal Process Worldwide, issue 03/2020.
About Us
Chemieanlagenbau Chemnitz GmbH (CAC), established on the international market for plant and process engineering business, is an experienced partner for comprehensive engineering services.
Based in Chemnitz, Saxony, the company has been providing extensive expertise in the fields of refinery and gas technology, petrochemicals, inorganic chemicals as well as fine and specialty chemicals for more than 50 years.
In close cooperation with clients, our 250 employees take over all assignments from design through to construction and commissioning of complex plants and plant units.
Contact Headquarters
Germany
Chemieanlagenbau Chemnitz GmbH
Augustusburger Straße 34
09111 Chemnitz, Deutschland
PO Box 23 02 41 / D-09055
Tel.: +49 371 6899-0
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E-Mail: synfuel(at)cac-chem.de
