Systematic review on the energy conversion efficiency of biomass-based Fischer-Tropsch plants

Oever, Anne van den; Costa, Daniele; Cardellini, Giuseppe; Messagie, Maarten

doi:10.1016/j.fuel.2022.124478

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“…The literature reported gasifiers with capacities ranging from 4.8-393 MW th , using different types of biomass residues from wood, wood chips, forest residues/wood pellets/straws, and rice straws with associated FT processes; yields of synthetic fuels achieved between 16.5-53.5% [68][69][70][71]. In addition to the operating conditions and the nature of biomass wastes, the type of catalysts applied in the FT processes also have an impact on the yields and the products distribution [26,[72][73][74].…”

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Costs of Gasification Technologies for Energy and Fuel Production: Overview, Analysis, and Numerical Estimation

Lourinho

Alves

Garcia³

et al. 2023

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During recent years, gasification technology has gained a high potential and attractiveness to convert biomass and other solid wastes into a valuable syngas for energy production or synthesis of new biofuels. The implementation of real gasification facilities implies a good insight of all expenses that are involved, namely investments required in equipment during the project and construction phases (capital expenditures, CapEx) and costs linked to the operation of the plant, or periodic maintenance interventions (operational expenditures, OpEx) or costs related to operations required for an efficient and sustainable performance of a gasification plant (e.g., feedstock pre-treatment and management of by-products). Knowledge of these economic parameters and their corresponding trends over time may help decision-makers to make adequate choices regarding the eligible technologies and to perform comparisons with other conventional scenarios. The present work aims to provide an overview on CapEx associated with gasification technologies devoted to convert biomass or solid waste sources, with a view of reducing the carbon footprint during energy generation or production of new energy carriers. In addition, an analysis of technology cost trends over time using regression methods is also presented, as well as an evaluation of specific capital investments according to the amount of output products generated for different gasification facilities. The novelty of this work is focused on an analysis of CapEx of existing gasification technologies to obtain distinct products (energy and fuels), and to determine mathematical correlations relating technology costs with time and product output. For these purposes, a survey of data and categorization of gasification plants based on the final products was made, and mathematical regression methods were used to obtain the correlations, with a statistical analysis (coefficient of determination) for validation. Specific investments on liquid biofuel production plants exhibited the highest decreasing trend over time, while electricity production became the least attractive solution. Linear correlations of specific investment versus time fitted better for electricity production plants (R2 = 0.67), while those relating the product output were better for liquid biofuel plants through exponential regressions (R2 = 0.65).

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Costs of Gasification Technologies for Energy and Fuel Production: Overview, Analysis, and Numerical Estimation

Lourinho

Alves

Garcia³

et al. 2023

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“…Regarding the group of synthetic fuels, Fischer-Tropsch-Fuels (FT-Fuels) [10][11][12] and poly(oxymethylene dimethyl ether)s (OMEs or POMDEs) [13][14][15][16] represent promising candidates. The rst are chemically similar to their fossil counterparts, which enables the limitless blending.…”

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Investigation of the cooperative-effects of Lewis- and Brønstedt acids in homogeneously catalyzed OME fuel synthesis by inline-NMR monitoring

Endres,

Schuett,

Zechel

et al. 2024

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“…Lack of foreign currency results from the depletion of fossil fuels and their fluctuating prices, especially in developing nations without petroleum reserves. The development of biofuels will be highly sought after due to rising energy demand, high fossil fuel costs, global climate change, and anticipated future reductions in fossil fuel feedstock [ [17] , [18] , [19] ].…”

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Modeling and simulation of Khat waste fast pyrolysis for energy recovery

Moreda,

Tolasa,

Teklemariyem

2024

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Systematic review on the energy conversion efficiency of biomass-based Fischer-Tropsch plants

Cited by 12 publications

References 42 publications

Costs of Gasification Technologies for Energy and Fuel Production: Overview, Analysis, and Numerical Estimation

Costs of Gasification Technologies for Energy and Fuel Production: Overview, Analysis, and Numerical Estimation

Investigation of the cooperative-effects of Lewis- and Brønstedt acids in homogeneously catalyzed OME fuel synthesis by inline-NMR monitoring

Modeling and simulation of Khat waste fast pyrolysis for energy recovery

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