Production costs of hydrocarbon fuels from biomass

Conference · Mon Feb 01 04:00:00 EST 1988

OSTI ID:5200419

Stevens, D J; Wan, E I

Biomass is an important energy resources at present and offers excellent potential for increased energy impact in the future. This energy impact is expected to be achieved in part by liquid transportation fuels derived from biomass. Liquid fuels are more energy dense than biomass itself and more closely match existing end-use patterns. The US Department of Energy's (DOE) Biofuels and Municipal Waste Technology Division is sponsoring research on the production of liquid hydrocarbon fuels from biomass. these fuels are generated by first converting the biomass resource to biocrude oils and then upgrading those to hydrocarbon products. This paper presents an evaluation of production costs for hydrocarbon fuels from two advanced biomass-to-gasoline processes being sponsored by DOE. These include one conceptual process where biomass is rapidly pyrolyzed and the resulting biocrude oil is hydrotreated to gasoline hydrocarbons. A second conceptual process is also considered where biomass is pyrolyzed and the intermediate biocrude vapors are upgraded over zeolite catalysts. A technoeconomic analysis is performed for these two concepts based both on curretly attainable experimental results as well as projected results assumed to be attainable with additional research. 9 refs., 10 figs., 8 tabs.

• Research Organization: Pacific Northwest Lab., Richland, WA (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: AC06-76RL01830
• OSTI ID: 5200419
• Report Number(s): PNL-SA-15622; CONF-880215-3; ON: DE88006667
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

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29 ENERGY PLANNING, POLICY, AND ECONOMY
290200 -- Energy Planning & Policy-- Economics & Sociology
290500 -- Energy Planning & Policy-- Research
Development
Demonstration
& Commercialization
BIOMASS
CAPITAL
CHEMICAL REACTIONS
CHEMICAL REACTORS
DECOMPOSITION
ECONOMIC ANALYSIS
ECONOMICS
ENERGY SOURCES
FUELS
INORGANIC ION EXCHANGERS
ION EXCHANGE MATERIALS
LIQUID FUELS
MATERIALS
MINERALS
MUNICIPAL WASTES
OILS
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
OTHER ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
PROCESSING
PRODUCTION
PYROLYSIS
PYROLYSIS PRODUCTS
PYROLYTIC OILS
REDUCTION
REFINING
RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES
SYNTHETIC FUELS
THERMOCHEMICAL PROCESSES
WASTES
ZEOLITES