据世界能源网8月19日消息称，新能源蓝公司已经获得美洲区域因必肯公司生物转换技术的独家权利，并将首先利用该技术将北达科他州的麦秆转化为碳中性汽车燃料。该技术许可证是从丹麦绿色能源公司?rsted购买的。?rsted花费超过15年的时间开发了这项技术，耗资超过2亿美元，证明了其近五年来在卡伦堡炼油厂的功效和商业运营。

新能源蓝公司首席执行官Thomas Corle表示：“我们的一些高管与?rsted合作开发了这项技术。我们的工程师继续优化我们今天设计的炼油厂的流程。”

该公司打算在谷物带和糖产区建立一系列生物质炼油厂，以加工农业残留物，如小麦秸秆，玉米秆和甘蔗渣，将其转化为高辛烷值的高级乙醇，比碳基线低100%以上谷物乙醇——比汽油低140%以上。

Corle说：“我们的计划是向加州等州的燃料市场供应燃料，并向那些同样在与碳污染作斗争的国家提供政策支持，鼓励用农业残留物生产低碳生物燃料。”

但计算碳并不是保持分数的唯一方法。“在我们炼油厂的核心使用因必肯技术可以提供清洁的工艺-不使用酸或高氨。”

该公司的炼油厂更喜欢使用高压蒸汽，然后使用酶浴，将生物质纤维分解成糖和木质素，这对制造液体和固体生物燃料很有价值。

Corle补充说：“我们的封闭循环设计不使用淡水，而是从生物量中回收水——约15％的水分——这可以产生多余的清洁水，用于灌溉等用途。”

曹海斌 摘译自 世界能源网

原文如下：

New Energy Blue acquires Inbicon’s low-carbon fuel technology

NewEnergyBlue have acquired exclusive rights to Inbicon bio-conversion technology throughout the Americas, and will first employ it to turn North Dakota wheat straw into a carbon-neutral automotive fuel. The technology license was purchased from ?rsted, a Danish green-energy company. ?rsted developed the technology over 15 years at a cost exceeding US$200 million, proving efficacy and commercial operation at its refinery in Kalundborg for nearly 5 of those years.

“A number of our executives worked with ?rsted developing this technology,” says Thomas Corle, CEO of NewEnergyBlue. “Our engineers continued to optimise the process of the refineries we’re designing today.”

The company intends to build a series of biomass refineries across grain belts and sugar-growing regions to process agricultural residues like wheat straw, cornstalks, and sugar bagasse, converting them into ethanol that is more than 100% below the carbon baseline of grain ethanol – more than 140% below gasoline.

“Our plan is to feed fuel markets in states like California and countries who likewise battle carbon pollution with policies that incentivise low-carbon biofuels made from agricultural residues,” Corle said.

But counting carbon isn’t the only way of keeping score. “Using Inbicon technology at the core of our refinery gives a clean process – no acid or high ammonia used.”

The company’s refinery prefers high-pressure steam followed by an enzyme bath to break down the biomass fibres into sugars and lignin that are valuable for making liquid and solid biofuels.

“Instead of using fresh water,” Corle added, “our enclosed-loop design recycles the water from the biomass – about 15% moisture – which can produce a surplus of clean water for uses like irrigation.”