Supply Chain Sustainability Analysis of Renewable Hydrocarbon Fuels via Hydrothermal Liquefaction, Combined Algal Processing, and Biochemical Conversion: Update of the 2022 State-of-Technology Cases

Technical Report · Wed Mar 01 00:00:00 EST 2023

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/1963599· OSTI ID:1963599

Cai, Hao ^[1]; Ou, Longwen ^[1]; Wang, Michael ^[1]; Davis, Ryan ^[2]; Wiatrowski, Matthew R. ^[2]; Bartling, Andrew ^[2]; Klein, Bruno ^[2]; Hartley, Damon ^[3]; Burli, Pralhad H ^[3]; Lin, Yingqian ^[3]; Roni, Mohammad ^[3]; Thompson, David N. ^[3]; Snowden-Swan, Lesley ^[4]; Zhu, Yunhua ^[4]; Li, Shuyun ^[4]; Xu, Yiling ^[4]; Valdez, Peter ^[4]

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1. Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
2. National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
3. Idaho National Laboratory (INL), Idaho Falls, ID (United States)
4. Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)

The Department of Energy’s (DOE) Bioenergy Technologies Office (BETO) aims to develop and deploy technologies to transform renewable biomass resources into commercially viable, high-performance biofuels, bioproducts, and biopower through public and private partnerships. BETO and its national laboratory teams conduct in-depth techno-economic assessments (TEA) of biomass feedstock supply and logistics and conversion technologies to produce biofuels. There are two general types of TEAs: A design case outlines a target case (future projection) for a particular biofuel pathway. It informs R&D priorities by identifying areas in need of improvement, tracks sustainability impact of R&D, and provides goals and benchmarks against which technology progress is assessed. A state of technology (SOT) analysis assesses progress within and across relevant technology areas based on actual results at current experimental scales relative to technical targets and cost goals from design cases, and includes technical, economic, and environmental criteria as available.

• Research Organization: Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE)
• DOE Contract Number: AC02-06CH11357
• OSTI ID: 1963599
• Report Number(s): ANL/ESIA-23/2; 181715
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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