Techno-Economic Analysis of Biofuel Production via Catalytic Upgrading of Carbohydrates in Paper Sludge

David Cruz, Hyeonji Park, Ronalds Gonzales, Ashutosh Mittal, David Johnson, Sunkyu Park

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Abstract

A full-plant model was developed using correlations from a rigorous mass and energy balance and based on experimental results to determine the MFSP and its Sensitivity Analysis in the production of a hydrocarbon product from Paper Sludge. In this base case a preliminary MFSP of $5.97/GGE has been determined. This value is higher than the results reported in recent NREL reports. The difference is explained since much larger capacity plants are considered in those reports, and because we are not considering the production of co-products that bring the fuel costs down. The obtained model is being used to guide the next steps in our laboratory work since the team is now aware of which are the more sensitive process parameters "impacting" the MFSP of the final product.
Original languageAmerican English
Number of pages9
StatePublished - 2020

Publication series

NamePresented at the 2020 AIChE Annual Meeting, 15-20 November 2020

NREL Publication Number

  • NREL/PR-2800-78364

Keywords

  • biofuel
  • carbohydrates
  • paper sludge
  • techno-economics

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