Understanding the Impacts of Biomass Blending on the Uncertainty of Hydrolyzed Sugar Yield from a Stochastic Perspective

Ou, Longwen; Luo, Guanqun; Ray, Allison; Li, Chenlin; Hu, Hongqiang; Kelley, Stephen; Park, Sunkyu

doi:10.1021/acssuschemeng.8b02150

Understanding the Impacts of Biomass Blending on the Uncertainty of Hydrolyzed Sugar Yield from a Stochastic Perspective

Journal Article · Thu Jun 21 00:00:00 EDT 2018 · ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1021/acssuschemeng.8b02150· OSTI ID:1478497

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North Carolina State Univ., Raleigh, NC (United States)
Idaho National Lab. (INL), Idaho Falls, ID (United States)

Feedstock price and availability are key challenges for biorefinery development and biomass blending has been suggested as a route to overcome these limitations. However, the impacts of feedstock blending on the variability of yields of hydrolyzed sugar remained unclear. This study quantifies the uncertainties in the sugar yields from the blends of corn stover, switchgrass, and grass clippings by considering both variable and model uncertainties. The results indicate that feedstock blending reduces the uncertainties in sugar yields and delivers feedstock of more uniform quality. A further investigation on xxx demonstrates that the reduction in overall uncertainty is achieved by reduced compositional uncertainties of blended feedstock. Based on these results, the optimization of blending ratios was performed with respect to three objectives: (1) probability of meeting the sugar yield target; (2) expected sugar yields; and (3) sugar yield per unit feedstock expense, while satisfying constraints of feedstock availability and cost. In conclusion, the optimization method developed in this study, is readily applied to other combinations of feedstocks, biofuels production processes, and constraints.

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Research Organization:: Idaho National Laboratory (INL), Idaho Falls, ID (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Bioenergy Technologies Office (EE-3B)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC07-05ID14517

OSTI ID:: 1478497

Report Number(s):: INL/JOU--18-45606-Rev000

Journal Information:: ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, Journal Name: ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering Journal Issue: 8 Vol. 6; ISSN 2168-0485

Publisher:: American Chemical Society (ACS)Copyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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