Bench scale demonstration of the Supermethanol concept: The synthesis of methanol from glycerol derived syngas

Bennekom, Joost G. van; Venderbosch, R. H.; Assink, D.; Lemmens, Karel; Heeres, Hero J.

doi:10.1016/j.cej.2012.06.094

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“…At a scale of 4 t/d, Chemrec in Sweden produces methanol and dimethyl ether (DME) since 2011. Syngas is obtained by entrained flow gasifi-cation of black liquor [8]. The production of methanol from glycerol is demonstrated on industrial scale by BioMCN in The Netherlands [8].…”

Section: Renewable Methanolmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Syngas is obtained by entrained flow gasifi-cation of black liquor [8]. The production of methanol from glycerol is demonstrated on industrial scale by BioMCN in The Netherlands [8]. At BioMCN, the natural gas reforming unit has been modified to enable steam reforming of glycerol.…”

Section: Renewable Methanolmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…At BioMCN, the natural gas reforming unit has been modified to enable steam reforming of glycerol. The syngas is converted to methanol in their conventional packed bed methanol synthesis reactors, with a capacity for methanol production of 250 ML/y [8].…”

Section: Renewable Methanolmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…To demonstrate the integrated concept for methanol synthesis, experiments were conducted in the integrated continuous unit depicted in Figure 3 [8]. Both, process conditions and recycle options of the reforming section were investigated to maximize methanol yields.…”

Section: Demonstration Of the Integrated Conceptmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Biomethanol from Glycerol

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2012

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Section: Renewable Methanolmentioning

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Section: Renewable Methanolmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Renewable Methanolmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Biomethanol from Glycerol

Bennekom¹,

Venderbosch²,

Heeres³

2012

Biodiesel - Feedstocks, Production and Applications

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“…In view of environmental issues and diminishing fossil fuel reserves, the production of chemicals from renewable biomass has attracted considerable interest [16][17][18]. 1,2-Propanediol derived from biomass-based polyols including glycerol and sorbitol via hydrogenolysis [17][18][19][20][21] has been now considered as an alternative and renewable carbon source for the synthesis of many highly value-added chemicals, such as lactic acid [22][23][24][25][26][27][28][29], pyruvic acid [30], acetic acid [22][23][24][25][27][28][29], formic acid [22][23][24][25][27][28][29], hydroxyacetone [24], propionic acid [31], and propanol [31], via either catalytic oxidation or bioconversion processes.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Selectively catalytic oxidation of 1,2-propanediol to lactic, formic, and acetic acids over Ag nanoparticles under mild reaction conditions

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Production routes of advanced renewable C1 to C4 alcohols as biofuel components – a review

Schubert

2020

Biofuels Bioprod Bioref

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In 2018, the EU's revised Renewable Energy Directive came into force, increasing renewable energy targets for all energy sectors while limiting the use of first‐generation biomass as feedstock. Fuel components like methanol, ethanol, propanols, and butanols represent promising candidates to enable the targets for transportation to be achieved because they can be used with existing infrastructure and can be further processed to give additives and substitutes. A wide variety of feedstocks and processes are available for this purpose. In this review, the thermocatalytic and biological synthesis routes for C1–C4 alcohol fuels are summarized to illustrate the many alternatives. They include biomass and waste gasification and carbon capture and utilization to obtain syngas for catalytic conversion, fermentation of sugars from lignocellulosic feedstock, and novel, less developed pathways like syngas fermentation, glycerol conversion, and biogas reforming. The current state of technology is presented by discussing the advantages and technical hurdles, and by introducing recent scaled‐up approaches. This demonstrates the need for further research and development. The assessment of techno‐economic analyses in the literature illustrates the dominant factors affecting production costs and reveals the broad range of feasibility of the various production routes. The review shows that the routes most similar to conventional, well‐established syntheses bear the highest potential to be implemented in the short and medium term. The availability of cheap and abundant feedstock also plays a crucial role. Methanol synthesis from biomass gasification and ethanol, and acetone‐butanol‐ethanol fermentation from lignocellulosic biomass, are therefore considered to be very promising. © 2020 The Authors. Biofuels, Bioproducts and Biorefining published by Society of Industrial Chemistry and John Wiley & Sons Ltd.

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Bench scale demonstration of the Supermethanol concept: The synthesis of methanol from glycerol derived syngas

Cited by 26 publications

References 26 publications

Biomethanol from Glycerol

Biomethanol from Glycerol

Selectively catalytic oxidation of 1,2-propanediol to lactic, formic, and acetic acids over Ag nanoparticles under mild reaction conditions

Production routes of advanced renewable C1 to C4 alcohols as biofuel components – a review

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