How are e-fuels produced? | eFUEL-TODAY

The production process of e-fuels is quite simple. In general e-fuels are made out of water and carbon dioxide and no fossil oil is required. During the production process the chemical molecules of fossil crude oil are simply reproduced in the lab. The result is a synthetic crude oil substitute that can afterwards be processed to common diesel or petrol fuels.

There are several different procedures to make e-fuels. At first the production of e-fuels requires hydrogen which is gained through electrolysis from water. In order to produce green hydrogen only renewable sources of energy (such as wind or solar energy) are used in this process.

A common method to produce e-fuels is called the Fischer-Tropsch-synthesis. In this process hydrogen is chemically connected to carbon (gained from carbon dioxide) and synthesized to a liquid fuel. Besides that there is another method called methanation. There are different ways to produce either synthetic diesel, jet fuel or petrol components. The video illustration shows that in a schematic way.

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[SHKim-uvwo]

이퓨얼은 내연기관의 문제로 국한된 것이 아니라 신재생에너지인 전기를 저장하는 방법에 대한 부분으로 보아야 합니다. 즉 ESS를 대체하고 수소를 저장할 수 있는 목적으로 보는 것이 정확한 답입니다. (이 기술은 이미 2차 대전때 독일이 만든 기술입니다.) - 여러분들은 이미 공기중의 질소로 만든어진 비료를 통해 재배된 식량을 먹고 있습니다.

[tuantonytatran]

Ok. The next Step is to re-invent the I.C.E make sure new I.C.E have to reach 60+% Efficiency Level. Not from 20% to 30% Efficiency Levels, nowadays.🎉❤ Good luck to everyone 😉

[adicahya]

Nice but the cost and energy needed is going to be huge.

[Pyrcae]

efuel will be very important in future, but NOT in cars as also reflected here.
we'll need huge amount of efuel in industry, for ship, train and flights where there is no alternative.. for decades we wont have enough/spare efuel for cars

[markusmuller]

(0:54) This is exactly where hypocritical window dressing often appears! Where does the carbon actually come from? If only natural gas was used for synthesis, then e-fuels are not climate-neutral, but are also based on fossil fuels.
In order to be able to make a real contribution to CO2 neutrality, e-fuels MUST be integrated into a downstream process, especially in coal-fired power, steel and cement works, in order to immediately capture the CO2 that is released there anyway.

[hassyg]

dont think this is the future to keep combustion engine going with loads of parts

[ZontarDow]

There is an alternative for shipping: nuclear. In fact it's safer and cleaner then any alternative, people are just irrationally afraid.