Isobutanol from glycerine – A techno-economic evaluation of a new biofuel production process
Bauer, Fredric LU
and Hulteberg, Christian
LU
(2014)
In Applied Energy
122.
p.261-268
- Abstract
- The paper presents a new thermochemical process for the production of isobutanol, which is an excellent biobased gasoline blendstock. The main feedstock for the process is glycerine, obtained as a byproduct in biodiesel production, being used together with methanol. The process was modeled in Aspen Plus. The process design is characterized by a high level of process integration, pinch analysis being used to optimize the process from the start. A techno-economic evaluation of the process, both in a stand-alone plant and in a plant integrated with an existing petro-refinery was conducted, the estimates for the production cost of isobutanol obtained being 892 $/m3 for a refinery-integrated case and 1017 $/m3 for a stand-alone case. A... (More)
- The paper presents a new thermochemical process for the production of isobutanol, which is an excellent biobased gasoline blendstock. The main feedstock for the process is glycerine, obtained as a byproduct in biodiesel production, being used together with methanol. The process was modeled in Aspen Plus. The process design is characterized by a high level of process integration, pinch analysis being used to optimize the process from the start. A techno-economic evaluation of the process, both in a stand-alone plant and in a plant integrated with an existing petro-refinery was conducted, the estimates for the production cost of isobutanol obtained being 892 $/m3 for a refinery-integrated case and 1017 $/m3 for a stand-alone case. A sensitivity analysis using Monte Carlo methodology showed the production cost estimates to be highly robust. Use of isobutanol rather than fossil gasoline was found to result in 53% reduction in GHG emissions. (Less)
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- author
- Bauer, Fredric
LU
and Hulteberg, Christian
LU
- organization
- publishing date
- 2014
- type
- Contribution to journal
- publication status
- published
- subject
- keywords
- Techno-economic analysis, Process integration, Biofuel, Isobutanol, Glycerine
- in
- Applied Energy
- volume
- 122
- pages
- 261 - 268
- publisher
- Elsevier
- external identifiers
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- wos:000335273100024
- scopus:84895744709
- ISSN
- 1872-9118
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.apenergy.2014.02.037
- language
- English
- LU publication?
- yes
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- 3c01b623-4e61-453e-862c-7619f79f840b (old id 4351924)
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