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Invensys Process Systems has joined OPTFUEL, a European consortium researching the feasibility of using second-generation biofuels to power vehicles.

Invensys Process Systems (

) has joined OPTFUEL, a European consortium researching the feasibility of using second-generation biofuels to power vehicles.

Led by Volkswagen, the project will demonstrate optimised fuels for sustainable transport and may pave the way for the large-scale production of second-generation transport biofuels based on wood and forestry residues.

As part of the consortium, IPS will provide process simulation, design and optimisation technologies.

The OPTFUEL project started in February with a planning meeting of all the consortium partners, including Ford, Renault and Volkswagen from the automotive sector; CHOREN Industries, an engineering company based in Freiberg, Germany; Conservation of Clean Air and Water in Europe (CONCAWE), representing the European mineral oil industry; and representatives of research institutes from France (IFP), Greece (CERTH), India (IITD) and German project consultant SYNCOM.

It is expected that the OPTFUEL project will establish the technical basis for the large-scale production of up to 200,000 tons per year of biomass-to-liquid (BtL) products from wood chips that can be used in vehicles, either as neat fuels or by blending with conventional fossil fuels.

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