Advanced Biofuels of the Future: Atom-Economical or Energy-Economical?
Abstract
This study aims to identify the critical factors that must be considered in the selection of target biofuels and development of new conversion strategies. Specifically, a high-level carbon and energy analysis of two idealized representative biomass-to-fuel strategies is performed to identify critical trade-offs. The impact of process energy requirements and byproduct (electricity) production, as well as the impact of fuel quality are studied by extending the boundary of analysis to include the end-use of the produced fuel and electricity in the transportation sector. Results show that the energy required to run the biorefinery and the quality of the fuel play a key role.
- Authors:
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center (GLBRC), Madison, WI (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC), Biological and Environmental Research (BER)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1570771
- Alternate Identifier(s):
- OSTI ID: 1506464
- Grant/Contract Number:
- SC0018409
- Resource Type:
- Published Article
- Journal Name:
- Joule
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Name: Joule Journal Volume: 2 Journal Issue: 10; Journal ID: ISSN 2542-4351
- Publisher:
- Elsevier
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 09 BIOMASS FUELS; energy analysis, process systems engineering, catalytic conversion, biological conversion
Citation Formats
Fasahati, Peyman, and Maravelias, Christos T. Advanced Biofuels of the Future: Atom-Economical or Energy-Economical?. United States: N. p., 2018.
Web. doi:10.1016/j.joule.2018.09.007.
Fasahati, Peyman, & Maravelias, Christos T. Advanced Biofuels of the Future: Atom-Economical or Energy-Economical?. United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joule.2018.09.007
Fasahati, Peyman, and Maravelias, Christos T. Mon .
"Advanced Biofuels of the Future: Atom-Economical or Energy-Economical?". United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joule.2018.09.007.
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title = {Advanced Biofuels of the Future: Atom-Economical or Energy-Economical?},
author = {Fasahati, Peyman and Maravelias, Christos T.},
abstractNote = {This study aims to identify the critical factors that must be considered in the selection of target biofuels and development of new conversion strategies. Specifically, a high-level carbon and energy analysis of two idealized representative biomass-to-fuel strategies is performed to identify critical trade-offs. The impact of process energy requirements and byproduct (electricity) production, as well as the impact of fuel quality are studied by extending the boundary of analysis to include the end-use of the produced fuel and electricity in the transportation sector. Results show that the energy required to run the biorefinery and the quality of the fuel play a key role.},
doi = {10.1016/j.joule.2018.09.007},
journal = {Joule},
number = 10,
volume = 2,
place = {United States},
year = {Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 EDT 2018},
month = {Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 EDT 2018}
}
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Figure 1: Material, molar, and carbon balance of the (A) biological conversion to ethanol (BCE) and (B) catalytic conversion to alkenes (CCA) strategies for conversion of one ton of dry corn stover.
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