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.
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC), Biological and Environmental Research (BER)
- 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
Citation Formats
Huang, Kefeng, Fasahati, Peyman, and Maravelias, Christos T. System-Level Analysis of Lignin Valorization in Lignocellulosic Biorefineries. Netherlands: N. p., 2020.
Web. doi:10.1016/j.isci.2019.100751.
Huang, Kefeng, Fasahati, Peyman, & Maravelias, Christos T. System-Level Analysis of Lignin Valorization in Lignocellulosic Biorefineries. Netherlands. doi:10.1016/j.isci.2019.100751.
Huang, Kefeng, Fasahati, Peyman, and Maravelias, Christos T. Wed .
"System-Level Analysis of Lignin Valorization in Lignocellulosic Biorefineries". Netherlands. doi:10.1016/j.isci.2019.100751.
@article{osti_1580463,
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 = {2020},
month = {1}
}
DOI: 10.1016/j.isci.2019.100751
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