System-Level Analysis of Lignin Valorization in Lignocellulosic Biorefineries

Huang, Kefeng; Fasahati, Peyman; Maravelias, Christos T.

doi:10.1016/j.isci.2019.100751

Title: System-Level Analysis of Lignin Valorization in Lignocellulosic Biorefineries

Abstract

We study the economics and energy efficiency of biorefineries employing lignin valorization. We use superstructure-based process synthesis to study different configurations under different types of constraints. Using optimization, we examine the impact of various parameters for lignin valorization such as bioproduct selling price, production cost, conversion coefficient, and energy requirement. The results show that the optimal strategy leading to a minimum ethanol selling price (MESP) of $3.44/GGE does not include lignin valorization. Results indicate that under certain scenarios, the optimal biorefinery strategies with lignin valorization tend to be energy deficient, and thus the optimal pretreatment technology may switch from γ-valerolactone-based deconstruction to ammonia fiber expansion. Further analysis is performed to study how improvements in combinations of selected parameters can lead to lower cost for a thermal-neural biorefinery.

Authors:

; Fasahati, Peyman;

Publication Date:: Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 2020

Research Org.:: Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE Office of Science (SC)

OSTI Identifier:: 1580463

Alternate Identifier(s):: OSTI ID: 1623687

Grant/Contract Number:: SC0018409

Resource Type:: Published Article

Journal Name:: iScience

Additional Journal Information:: Journal Name: iScience Journal Volume: 23 Journal Issue: 1; Journal ID: ISSN 2589-0042

Publisher:: Elsevier

Country of Publication:: Netherlands

Language:: English

Subject:: Science & Technology - Other Topics

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                    Huang, Kefeng, Fasahati, Peyman, and Maravelias, Christos T. System-Level Analysis of Lignin Valorization in Lignocellulosic Biorefineries.  Netherlands: N. p., 2020. 
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  title        = {System-Level Analysis of Lignin Valorization in Lignocellulosic Biorefineries},

  author       = {Huang, Kefeng and Fasahati, Peyman and Maravelias, Christos T.},

  abstractNote = {We study the economics and energy efficiency of biorefineries employing lignin valorization. We use superstructure-based process synthesis to study different configurations under different types of constraints. Using optimization, we examine the impact of various parameters for lignin valorization such as bioproduct selling price, production cost, conversion coefficient, and energy requirement. The results show that the optimal strategy leading to a minimum ethanol selling price (MESP) of $3.44/GGE does not include lignin valorization. Results indicate that under certain scenarios, the optimal biorefinery strategies with lignin valorization tend to be energy deficient, and thus the optimal pretreatment technology may switch from γ-valerolactone-based deconstruction to ammonia fiber expansion. Further analysis is performed to study how improvements in combinations of selected parameters can lead to lower cost for a thermal-neural biorefinery.},

  doi          = {10.1016/j.isci.2019.100751},

  journal      = {iScience},

  number       = 1,

  volume       = 23,

  place        = {Netherlands},

  year         = {Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 2020},

  month        = {Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 2020}

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Lignin Biosynthesis
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