Gasification-based methanol production from biomass in industrial clusters: Characterisation of energy balances and greenhouse gas emissions

Kristina M. Holmgren, Eva Andersson, Thore Berntsson and Tomas Rydberg

Energy, 2014, vol. 69, issue C, 622-637

Abstract: This study evaluates the potential for reducing life cycle greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions of biomass gasification-based methanol production systems based on energy balances. Configurations which are process integrated with a chemical cluster have been compared to stand-alone units, i.e. units with no connection to any other industry but with the possibility to district heating connection. Two different uses of methanol are considered: the use as a vehicle fuel and the use for production of olefins via the methanol-to-olefins process. An added value of the integration can be the availability of excess hydrogen. For the studied case, the methanol production could be increased by 10% by using excess hydrogen from the cluster.

Keywords: Biomass gasification; Methanol synthesis; Industrial cluster; Climate impact; MTO (methanol-to-olefins); Process integration (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2014.03.058

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