Phthalic anhydride production from hemicellulose solutions: Technoeconomic analysis and life cycle assessment

Lin, Zhaojia; Ierapetritou, Marianthi; Nikolakis, Vladimiros

doi:10.1002/aic.14921

Phthalic anhydride production from hemicellulose solutions: Technoeconomic analysis and life cycle assessment

Journal Article · Tue Jul 14 00:00:00 EDT 2015 · AIChE Journal

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1002/aic.14921· OSTI ID:1386756

Lin, Zhaojia ^[1]; Ierapetritou, Marianthi ^[1]; Nikolakis, Vladimiros ^[2]

Dept. of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, Rutgers-The State University of New Jersey, Piscataway NJ
Catalysis Center for Energy Innovation and Dept. of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, University of Delaware, Newark, DE

The process synthesis, technoeconomic analysis, and life cycle assessment (LCA) of a novel route for phthalic anhydride (PAN) production from hemicellulose solutions are presented. The production contains six steps including dehydration of xylose to furfural, reductive decarbonylation of furfural to furan, oxidation of furfural to maleic anhydride (MA), Diels-Alder cycloaddition of furan, and MA to exo-4,10-dioxa-tricyclo[5.2.1.0]dec-8-ene-3,5-dione followed by dehydration to PAN in the presence of mixture of methanesulfonic acid and acetic anhydride (AAN) which is converted to acetyl methanesulfonate and acetic acid (AAD), and dehydration of AAD to AAN. The minimum selling price of PAN is determined to be $810/metric ton about half of oil-based PAN. The coproduction of high-value products is essential to improve the economics. Biomass feedstock contributes to the majority of cost. LCA results shows that biomass-based PAN has advantages over oil-based PAN to reduce climate change and fossil depletion however requires more water usage.

Research Organization:: Energy Frontier Research Centers (EFRC) (United States). Catalysis Center for Energy Innovation (CCEI)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE SC Office of Basic Energy Sciences (SC-22)

DOE Contract Number:: SC0001004

OSTI ID:: 1386756

Journal Information:: AIChE Journal, Journal Name: AIChE Journal Journal Issue: 11 Vol. 61; ISSN 0001-1541

Publisher:: American Institute of Chemical Engineers

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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