Performance and exergy analysis of biomass-to-fuel plants producing methanol, dimethylether or hydrogen

Rens, G.L.M.A. Van; Huisman, G.H.; Lathouder, H. De; Cornelissen, Renè

doi:10.1016/j.biombioe.2011.05.020

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“…The capital expenditure (CAPEX) consists of DME plant and land costs. The DME plant cost calculation of the OPEFB-based DME plant was based on the direct synthesis process of biomass to DME, where the DME plant as reference was the biomass-based DME plant with a production capacity of DME at 392 t day -1 [14]. The DME plant cost of this OPEFB-based DME plant in East Barito, Central Kalimantan, can be found using equation (1) [15].…”

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Economic Feasibility of Dimethyl Ether from Oil Palm Empty Fruit Bunch as a Substitute for LPG in Indonesia

Heryadi

Widianarko

Rahutami

2022

Curr. Appl. Sci. Technol.

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Oil palm empty fruit bunch (OPEFB) can be utilized as a feedstock for dimethyl ether (DME) production through the gasification route. DME has similar characteristics to liquefied petroleum gas (LPG). Therefore, it can be used as a substitute for LPG. Some research has been conducted on DME as a substitute for LPG from various aspects. However, little research was focused on the economic study of OPEFB-based DME as an LPG substitute and its contribution towards saving the LPG import budget. This study aims to find DME plant feasibility, and to assess its contribution to the LPG import budget reduction, especially in the Kalimantan region. The DME price at the depot is calculated based on the ex-factory price of DME, transportation cost, and depot fee. The OPEFB-based DME plant capacity is 994 t day-1 OPEFB, which produces 192 t day-1 DME. From an economic perspective, the net present value (NPV), internal rate of return (IRR), and payback period (PP) are USD 93.1 million, 17%, and 10 years, respectively, based on 30 years of plant life and USD 185.4 million investment. Only 57% of the DME-LPG mix can be distributed to fulfill Kalimantan region demand per year, while the savings on the import budget is USD 5.81 million y-1. The OPEFB-based DME plant capacity and capital expenditure (CAPEX) are the most sensitive to perturbance, whereas OPEFB feed price is the least sensitive.

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Section: Economic Analysismentioning

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Economic Feasibility of Dimethyl Ether from Oil Palm Empty Fruit Bunch as a Substitute for LPG in Indonesia

Heryadi

Widianarko

Rahutami

2022

Curr. Appl. Sci. Technol.

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“…Research on BTL/G processes is limited to various types of potential bio-products, [4][5][6][7][8] i.e. Fischer-Tropsch (FT) diesel, [9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16] ethanol, [17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24] methanol, 14,15,[25][26][27][28][29][30][31] DME, 16,29,30,[32][33][34][35][36] H 2 , 25,26,30,37,38 synthetic natural gas (SNG), and urea. 11,14,15,[39][40][41][42][43] Each of these processes has focused on the production of a...…”

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Potential routes for thermochemical biorefineries

Haro

Ollero

Perales

et al. 2013

Biofuels Bioprod Bioref

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This critical review focuses on potential routes for the multi-production of chemicals and fuels in the framework of thermochemical biorefineries. The up-to-date research and development in this field has been limited to BTL/G (biomass-to-liquids/gases) studies, where biomass-derived synthesis gas (syngas) is converted into a single product with/without the co-production of electricity and heat. Simultaneously, the interest on biorefineries is growing but mostly refers to the biochemical processing of biomass. However, thermochemical biorefineries (multi-product plants using thermo-chemical processing of biomass) are still the subject of few studies. This scarcity of studies could be attributed to the limitations of current designs of BTL/G for multi-production and the limited number of considered routes for syngas conversion. The use of a platform chemical (an intermediate) brings new opportunities to the design of process concepts, since unlike BTL/G processes they are not restricted to the conversion of syngas in a single-reaction system.Most of the routes presented here are based on old-fashioned and new routes for the processing of coaland natural-gas-derived syngas, but they have been re-thought for the use of biomass and the multiproduction plants (thermochemical biorefinery). The considered platform chemicals are methanol, DME, and ethanol, which are the common products from syngas in BTL/G studies. Important keys are given for the integration of reviewed routes into the design of thermochemical biorefineries, in particular for the selection of the mix of co-products, as well as for the sustainability (co-feeding, CO2 capture, and negative emissions).

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“…Gasification of forestry and agricultural residues can also be used for DME syngas production [13,14]. DME syngas production can be achieved using lowtemperature gasifiers, nitrogen dilutes gasifiers, steam and oxygen blown circulating fluidised bed gasifiers, and steam and oxygen blown gasifiers [15][16][17]. However, few studies have generated syngas directly from biomass gasification.…”

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Grey Relational Analysis for the Production of Dimethyl Ether Syngas in a Biomass Pyrolysis Reactor

Wang¹

2013

J. Technol. Innov. Renew. Energy

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In this study, dimethyl ether (DME) syngas using a biomass pyrolysis reactor was produced. Gas production parameters, including pyrolysis temperature (PT), pumping frequency (PF) of the root blower, and the feeding rate (FR) of the pyrolysis chain motor, were optimised. The H2 and CO content of the biomass gas, as well as the H2:CO ratio, were examined. The relationship between gas production parameters and the biomass gas content was analysed using grey relational analysis (GRA). The result shown that PT had the greatest effect on H2 and CO content and the H2:CO ratio of the biomass gas. FR was the second most influential parameter, followed by PF. CO content was influenced most by the three parameters. The optimal DME syngas H2:CO ratio was approximately 2, and this ratio was improved using GRA, which increased the H2 and CO content as well as the H2:CO ratio during DME synthesis from biomass gas.

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Performance and exergy analysis of biomass-to-fuel plants producing methanol, dimethylether or hydrogen

Cited by 29 publications

References 1 publication

Economic Feasibility of Dimethyl Ether from Oil Palm Empty Fruit Bunch as a Substitute for LPG in Indonesia

Economic Feasibility of Dimethyl Ether from Oil Palm Empty Fruit Bunch as a Substitute for LPG in Indonesia

Potential routes for thermochemical biorefineries

Grey Relational Analysis for the Production of Dimethyl Ether Syngas in a Biomass Pyrolysis Reactor

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