Biomass-based chemical production using techno-economic and life cycle analysis |
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| Authors: | Abhay Athaley Basudeb Saha Marianthi Ierapetritou |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, Rutgers - The State University of New Jersey, Piscataway, New Jersey;2. Catalysis Center for Energy Innovation and Department of Chemical & Bio-molecular Engineering, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware |
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| Abstract: | Furfural has been selected as one of the top 30 biomass derived platform compounds by the U.S. Department of Energy based on several indicators including the raw material used for production, estimated processing cost, technical complexity, and market potential. In this work, several high value chemicals such as butadiene, surfactants, jet-fuels, and lubricants are produced from furfural. The paper proposes the integrated flowsheet to produce those chemical and techno-economic and life cycle analysis is performed to compare the minimum selling price and environmental impacts of the integrated process. The capital and operating cost for production of lubricants and surfactants is the highest when compared with other products. Production of surfactants performs the best in terms of environmental impacts except in water depletion when compared with other processes while butadiene production performs the worst regarding the environmental effects. |
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| Keywords: | design (process simulation) process process synthesis simulation |
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