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Gasoline from Wood via Integrated Gasification, Synthesis, and Methanol-to-Gasoline Technologies
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Abstract
This report documents the National Renewable Energy Laboratory's (NREL's) assessment of the feasibility of making gasoline via the methanol-to-gasoline route using syngas from a 2,000 dry metric tonne/day (2,205 U.S. ton/day) biomass-fed facility. A new technoeconomic model was developed in Aspen Plus for this study, based on the model developed for NREL's thermochemical ethanol design report (Phillips et al. 2007). The necessary process changes were incorporated into a biomass-to-gasoline model using a methanol synthesis operation followed by conversion, upgrading, and finishing to gasoline. Using a methodology similar to that used in previous NREL design reports and a feedstock cost of $50.70/dry ton ($55.89/dry metric tonne), the estimated plant gate price is $16.60/MMBtu ($15.73/GJ) (U.S. $2007) for gasoline and liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) produced from biomass via gasification of wood, methanol synthesis, and the methanol-to-gasoline process. The corresponding unit prices for gasoline and LPG are $1.95/gallon ($0.52/liter) and $1.53/gallon ($0.40/liter) with yields of 55.1 and 9.3 gallons per U.S. ton of dry biomass (229.9 and 38.8 liters per metric tonne of dry biomass), respectively.
- Authors:
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1004790
- Report Number(s):
- NREL/TP-5100-47594
TRN: US201105%%105
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC36-08GO28308
- Resource Type:
- Technical Report
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 09 BIOMASS FUELS; 02 PETROLEUM; 32 ENERGY CONSERVATION, CONSUMPTION, AND UTILIZATION; BIOMASS; DESIGN; ETHANOL; GASIFICATION; GASOLINE; METHANOL; METRICS; PETROLEUM; PRICES; SAFETY REPORTS; SYNTHESIS; WOOD; MTG; THERMOCHEMICAL; SYNGAS; TECHNOECONOMIC; ADVANCED BIOFUELS; MODEL; BIOMASS TO GASOLINE; BTG; METHANOL TO GASOLINE; Bioenergy
Citation Formats
Phillips, S D, Tarud, J K, Biddy, M J, and Dutta, A. Gasoline from Wood via Integrated Gasification, Synthesis, and Methanol-to-Gasoline Technologies. United States: N. p., 2011.
Web. doi:10.2172/1004790.
Phillips, S D, Tarud, J K, Biddy, M J, & Dutta, A. Gasoline from Wood via Integrated Gasification, Synthesis, and Methanol-to-Gasoline Technologies. United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/1004790
Phillips, S D, Tarud, J K, Biddy, M J, and Dutta, A. 2011.
"Gasoline from Wood via Integrated Gasification, Synthesis, and Methanol-to-Gasoline Technologies". United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/1004790. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1004790.
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abstractNote = {This report documents the National Renewable Energy Laboratory's (NREL's) assessment of the feasibility of making gasoline via the methanol-to-gasoline route using syngas from a 2,000 dry metric tonne/day (2,205 U.S. ton/day) biomass-fed facility. A new technoeconomic model was developed in Aspen Plus for this study, based on the model developed for NREL's thermochemical ethanol design report (Phillips et al. 2007). The necessary process changes were incorporated into a biomass-to-gasoline model using a methanol synthesis operation followed by conversion, upgrading, and finishing to gasoline. Using a methodology similar to that used in previous NREL design reports and a feedstock cost of $50.70/dry ton ($55.89/dry metric tonne), the estimated plant gate price is $16.60/MMBtu ($15.73/GJ) (U.S. $2007) for gasoline and liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) produced from biomass via gasification of wood, methanol synthesis, and the methanol-to-gasoline process. The corresponding unit prices for gasoline and LPG are $1.95/gallon ($0.52/liter) and $1.53/gallon ($0.40/liter) with yields of 55.1 and 9.3 gallons per U.S. ton of dry biomass (229.9 and 38.8 liters per metric tonne of dry biomass), respectively.},
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