Process design and economics for the conversion of lignocellulosic biomass into jet fuel range cycloalkanes

Zixu Yang, Kezhen Qian, Xuesong Zhang, Hanwu Lei, Chunhua Xin, Yayun Zhang, Moriko Qian and Elmar Villota

Energy, 2018, vol. 154, issue C, 289-297

Abstract: The economic feasibility of a facility producing jet fuel range cycloalkanes, hydrogen and biochar via microwave-assisted catalytic pyrolysis integrated with mild hydrogenation was evaluated by modeling a 1000 metric dry tonne feedstock/day using ASPEN PLUS®. The effects of hydrogenation solvent, heat integration, and coproducing H2 or syngas were investigated in different analysis scenarios. The results indicated that the production of jet fuel could reach 47882.74 Gallon/day, with 9.58 Metric tonne/day biochar and 28200 kg/day H2 as coproducts. The lowest minimum selling price of 3.78 $/Gallon was obtained when using n-hexane as the hydrogenation solvent and coproducing H2 with heat integration. The sale of H2 offset the high production cost, resulting in a significant decrease in the minimum selling price. Sensitivity analysis indicated that the production process was greatly sensitive to total capital investment, internal rate of return, market prices of feedstock and H2.

Keywords: Jet fuels; Cycloalkanes; Techno-economic analysis; Microwave-assisted; Catalytic pyrolysis (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2018.04.126

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