Assessment of Gasification-Based Biorefining at Kraft Pulp and Paper Mills in the United States, Part A: Background and Assumptions

Title: Assessment of Gasification-Based Biorefining at Kraft Pulp and Paper Mills in the United States, Part A: Background and Assumptions

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Commercialization of black liquor and biomass gasification technologies is anticipated in the 2010-2015 time frame, and synthesis gas from gasifiers can be converted into liquid fuels using catalytic synthesis technologies that are already commercially established in the gas-to-liquids or coal-to-liquids industries. This set of two papers describes key results from a major assessment of the prospective energy, environmental, and financial performance of commercial gasification-based biorefineries integrated with kraft pulp and paper mills [1]. Seven detailed biorefinery designs were developed for a reference mill in the southeastern United States, together with the associated mass/energy balances, air emissions estimates, and capital investment requirements. The biorefineries provide chemical recovery services and co-produce process steam for the mill, some electricity, and one of three liquid fuels: a Fischer-Tropsch synthetic crude oil (which could be refined to vehicle fuels at an existing petroleum refinery), dimethyl ether (a diesel engine fuel or propane substitute), or an ethanol-rich mixed-alcohol product. This paper describes the key assumptions that underlie the biorefinery designs. Part B will present analytical results.

Authors:: Larson, E D; Consonni, S; Katofsky, R E; Iisa, K

Publication Date:: 2008-11-01

Research Org.:: National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE

OSTI Identifier:: 1022297

DOE Contract Number:: AC36-08GO28308

Resource Type:: Journal Article

Journal Name:: Tappi Journal

Additional Journal Information:: Journal Volume: 7; Journal Issue: 11, November 2008; Journal ID: ISSN 0734-1415

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 09 BIOMASS FUELS; AIR; BIOMASS; CAPITAL; COMMERCIALIZATION; DIESEL ENGINES; ELECTRICITY; GASIFICATION; LIQUID FUELS; METHYL ETHER; PERFORMANCE; PETROLEUM; PROPANE; SPENT LIQUORS; STEAM; SYNTHESIS; SYNTHESIS GAS; SYNTHETIC PETROLEUM; Bioenergy

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                    Larson, E D, Consonni, S, Katofsky, R E, Iisa, K, and Frederick, W. J., Jr. Assessment of Gasification-Based Biorefining at Kraft Pulp and Paper Mills in the United States, Part A: Background and Assumptions.  United States: N. p., 2008. 
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                    Larson, E D, Consonni, S, Katofsky, R E, Iisa, K, & Frederick, W. J., Jr. Assessment of Gasification-Based Biorefining at Kraft Pulp and Paper Mills in the United States, Part A: Background and Assumptions.  United States.

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                    Larson, E D, Consonni, S, Katofsky, R E, Iisa, K, and Frederick, W. J., Jr. Sat .  
        "Assessment of Gasification-Based Biorefining at Kraft Pulp and Paper Mills in the United States, Part A: Background and Assumptions".  United States.

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@article{osti_1022297,

  title        = {Assessment of Gasification-Based Biorefining at Kraft Pulp and Paper Mills in the United States, Part A: Background and Assumptions},

  author       = {Larson, E D and Consonni, S and Katofsky, R E and Iisa, K and Frederick, W. J., Jr.},

  abstractNote = {Commercialization of black liquor and biomass gasification technologies is anticipated in the 2010-2015 time frame, and synthesis gas from gasifiers can be converted into liquid fuels using catalytic synthesis technologies that are already commercially established in the gas-to-liquids or coal-to-liquids industries. This set of two papers describes key results from a major assessment of the prospective energy, environmental, and financial performance of commercial gasification-based biorefineries integrated with kraft pulp and paper mills [1]. Seven detailed biorefinery designs were developed for a reference mill in the southeastern United States, together with the associated mass/energy balances, air emissions estimates, and capital investment requirements. The biorefineries provide chemical recovery services and co-produce process steam for the mill, some electricity, and one of three liquid fuels: a Fischer-Tropsch synthetic crude oil (which could be refined to vehicle fuels at an existing petroleum refinery), dimethyl ether (a diesel engine fuel or propane substitute), or an ethanol-rich mixed-alcohol product. This paper describes the key assumptions that underlie the biorefinery designs. Part B will present analytical results.},

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  url          = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1022297},
  journal      = {Tappi Journal},

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  number       = 11, November 2008,

  volume       = 7,

  place        = {United States},

  year         = {2008},

  month        = {11}

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