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1 CIEMAT Centro de Investigaciones Energéticas ticas, Medioambientales y Tecnológicas 2FWREHU WK

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9 Ethanol from cellulosic biomass Celulosa Pretreatment Enzymatic Hydrolisis Fermentation Process performance: Lignina Initial Concentration: 10% 20% Enzyme: 15 FPU/g celulosa 5 FPU/g Glucose Efficiency: 70% 90% Xilose Efficiency: 50% 70% Ethanol Concentration 2-3 % (p/p) 4% Y PROCESs APROX. 7 kg biomass/ethanol litre 5 kg/l 1HHG WR VROYH WHPSRUDU\ ORFDWLRQ GXH WR LQVWDELOLW\ RI LWV EXLOGLQJ

10 BIOCARBURANTS. Pilot Plant at L Alcudia (Valencia) Agreement with IMECAL and Ford to exploit the CIEMAT technology Diluted Acidic Hydrolisis Urban and Agriculture Organic Waste 4 Tons/ day

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18 A technological breakthrough: Direct Steam Generation Environment friendly Cost reduction (20 %) Máx. temperature and pressure: : 400 ºC and 120 bar. 11 troughs. Opening: : 5.76 m; total length: : 550 m; Power: : 1.8 MW t 3 Mwe prototype in order to check this technology (CIEMAT, Iberdrola, IDAE, AGECAM, Navarro-Piquer) Hopefully completed in 2012

19 Storage: towards bulk power production Project of a Laboratory for the study of heat storage: Molten salts Changing Phase materials Compact materials Peeble bed systems FP VI: DISTOR project for DSG Thermal energy to turbine From storage To storage Solar direct supply Solar time Experimental loop in advanced technologies using gas + molten salts as absorber fluids )L[HG SRZHU From storage ([SHULPHQWDOORRS ORRS LQDGYDQFHG WHFKQRORJLHV XVLQJ JDVPROWHQ VDOWV DVDEVRUEHUIOXLGV

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