Understanding Potential Air Emissions from a Cellulosic Biorefinery Producing Renewable Diesel Blendstock.

Yi Min Zhang; Garvin Heath; Jason Renzaglia; Mae Thomas

Understanding Potential Air Emissions from a Cellulosic Biorefinery Producing Renewable Diesel Blendstock.

Yi Min Zhang, Garvin Heath, Jason Renzaglia, Mae Thomas

Strategic Energy Analysis Center

Eastern Research Group

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Abstract

An air emission regulatory analysis for a hypothetical biorefinery, which produces infrastructure-compatible hydrocarbon fuels (diesel-range fuels) from cellulosic biomass, is presented. The biofuel conversion process, is referred to as a sugars-to-hydrocarbons (HC) pathway. Preliminary estimates of uncontrolled potential-to-emit (PTE) and PTE based on the design case are provided to understand the potential applicability of certain federal air quality regulations and the level of air permitting required. The current design of the biorefinery did not have a design goal to minimize air pollutant emissions. It is reasonable to expect that emissions from the biorefinery could be reduced as the technology matures and the entire process continues to be optimized. This is an abstract of a paper presented at the 108th AWMA Annual Conference and Exhibition (Raleigh, NC 6/22-25/2015).

Original language	American English
Pages	998-1003
Number of pages	6
State	Published - 2015
Event	108th Air and Waste Management Association Annual Conference and Exhibition - Connecting the Dots: Environmental Quality to Climate, ACE 2015 - Raleigh, United States Duration: 22 Jun 2015 → 25 Jun 2015

Conference

Conference	108th Air and Waste Management Association Annual Conference and Exhibition - Connecting the Dots: Environmental Quality to Climate, ACE 2015
Country/Territory	United States
City	Raleigh
Period	22/06/15 → 25/06/15

NREL Publication Number

NREL/CP-6A20-63745

Keywords

air pollutants
biorefinery
potential-to-emit
sugars-to-hydrocarbons

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Understanding Potential Air Emissions from a Cellulosic Biorefinery Producing Renewable Diesel Blendstock. / Zhang, Yi Min ; Heath, Garvin; Renzaglia, Jason et al.
2015. 998-1003 Paper presented at 108th Air and Waste Management Association Annual Conference and Exhibition - Connecting the Dots: Environmental Quality to Climate, ACE 2015, Raleigh, United States.

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