Techno-economic analysis of decentralized biomass processing depots
| Autor: | Mohammad S. Roni, Kevin L. Kenney, Jacob J. Jacobson, Jaya Shankar Tumuluru, Kara G. Cafferty, Jason K. Hansen, Farzaneh Teymouri, Bryan Bals, Patrick Lamers |
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| Rok vydání: | 2015 |
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Engineering
Environmental Engineering Depot media_common.quotation_subject Supply chain Biomass Bioengineering Raw material Advanced biomass supply system Ammonia Feedstock logistics Biomass depot Quality (business) Process engineering Waste Management and Disposal media_common Waste management Renewable Energy Sustainability and the Environment business.industry Techno economic Humidity General Medicine Energy consumption Bioeconomy Biorefinery Costs and Cost Analysis business Acids Biotechnology |
| Zdroj: | Bioresource Technology. 194:205-213 |
| ISSN: | 0960-8524 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.biortech.2015.07.009 |
| Popis: | Decentralized biomass processing facilities, known as biomass depots, may be necessary to achieve feedstock cost, quantity, and quality required to grow the future U.S. bioeconomy. In this paper, we assess three distinct depot configurations for technical difference and economic performance. The depot designs were chosen to compare and contrast a suite of capabilities that a depot could perform ranging from conventional pelleting to sophisticated pretreatment technologies. Our economic analyses indicate that depot processing costs are likely to range from ∼US$30 to US$63 per dry metric tonne (Mg), depending upon the specific technology implemented and the energy consumption for processing equipment such as grinders and dryers. We conclude that the benefits of integrating depots into the overall biomass feedstock supply chain will outweigh depot processing costs and that incorporation of this technology should be aggressively pursued. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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