Important documents of the A3PS Conference "Transport Fuels - 2008" are available here.
Program
The full program is available here.
Presentations
Transport Fuels: Crucial factor and driver towards sustainable mobility
R&D-projects, research institutions and funding programs in Austria, Europe and global cooperation within the International Energy Agency
PLENARY SESSION
Austria’s Transport Fuel Strategy based on R&D cooperation between industry, research institutions and technology policy in the Austrian Agency for Alternative Propulsion Systems.
Andreas Dorda – BMVIT / A3PS
Conclusions of the Strategic Research Agenda of the Technology Platform ERTRAC on the future of tranport fuels and corresponding R&D activities at VW.
Wolfgang Steiger - VW, Chairman EU-TP ERTRAC
The European Biofuels Technology Platform Strategic Research Agenda: main conclusions & focus on fuels distribution and end use R&D priorities.
Veronique Hervouet – Chairwoman EU-TP Biofuels
R&D-Cooperation in the International Energy Agency Implementing Agreement “Advanced Motor Fuels” and corresponding R&D activities at the US-Department of Energy.
Stephen Goguen - US-DOE, Chairman IEA Advanced Motor Fuels
SESSION 1 - TRANSPORT FUELS
Alternative transport fuels: Market overview and challenges for the fuel industry
Walter Böhme; OMV AG
Exceptionally Low CO2 Emissions – Direct (Bio)-Gas Injection in a Hybrid Powertrain Engine
Harald Stütz; AVL List
SESSION 2 - BIOFUELS
Biogas as a key technology within Biofuels oriented Biorefinery concepts
Thomas Amon; Vienna University of Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences Department of Sustainable Agricultural Systems
Production of bio-methane and bio-hydrogen from organic by-products using fermentation technology and their applicability as transport fuels
Werner Ahrer; PROFACTOR Gmbh
Biofuels and Biorefineries at Joanneum Research
Josef Spitzer; Joanneum Research
Limits and Opportunities of Transport Biofuels in Austria
Manfred Wörgetter; FJ-BLT Wieselburg
Research Activities in the Field of Second Generation Biofuels, Vienna University of Technology – Institute of Chemical Engineering
Hermann Hofbauer; Vienna University of Technology – Institute of Chemical Engineering
SESSION 3 - ALTERNATIVE FUELS IN THE ICE
Hydrogen, Natural Gas and H2NG mixtures in the ICE
Manfred Klell; Graz University of Technology – Institute for Internal Combustion Engines and Thermodynamics
Alternative Fuels for a Sustainable Mobility
Peter Hofmann; Vienna University of Technology – Institute for Internal Combustion Engines and Automotive Engineering