TY - GEN
T1 - Modelling and simulation of a multiple feedstock integrated biorefinery for the production of aviation biofuel and other biofuels
AU - Romero-Izquierdo, Araceli G.
AU - Gomez-Castro, Fernando I.
AU - Gutierrez-Antonio, Claudia
AU - Hernandez, Salvator
AU - Errico, Massimiliano
PY - 2021/1
Y1 - 2021/1
N2 - Renewable aviation fuel is the most promising alternative to reduce emissions in the aviation sector; its production is technically feasible, but not its cost respect to fossil jet fuel. Then, novel pathways need to be developed. One option is the processing through a biorefinery scheme, where biomass is completely converted to several products. Thus, in this work the computer-aided design and analysis of an integrated biorefinery for the conversion of Jatropha curcas fruit, castor bean plant, microalgae biomass and cooking oil is presented; the biorefinery is planned to produce aviation biofuel and other biofuels. The conversion processes are modelled and simulated using Aspen Plus. The assessment of the biorefinery is realized through the estimation of total annual cost, released CO
2 emissions, and the net gross profit. Results indicated that biojet fuel represents 33% of net gross profit, with 5.52 kW invested per kW of energy delivered by the products.
AB - Renewable aviation fuel is the most promising alternative to reduce emissions in the aviation sector; its production is technically feasible, but not its cost respect to fossil jet fuel. Then, novel pathways need to be developed. One option is the processing through a biorefinery scheme, where biomass is completely converted to several products. Thus, in this work the computer-aided design and analysis of an integrated biorefinery for the conversion of Jatropha curcas fruit, castor bean plant, microalgae biomass and cooking oil is presented; the biorefinery is planned to produce aviation biofuel and other biofuels. The conversion processes are modelled and simulated using Aspen Plus. The assessment of the biorefinery is realized through the estimation of total annual cost, released CO
2 emissions, and the net gross profit. Results indicated that biojet fuel represents 33% of net gross profit, with 5.52 kW invested per kW of energy delivered by the products.
KW - Aspen Plus
KW - biojet fuel
KW - biorefinery
KW - process simulation
U2 - 10.1016/B978-0-323-88506-5.50292-8
DO - 10.1016/B978-0-323-88506-5.50292-8
M3 - Article in proceedings
SN - 9780323885065
VL - 50
T3 - Computer Aided Chemical Engineering
SP - 1885
EP - 1890
BT - 31st European Symposium on Computer Aided Process Engineering
A2 - Türkay, Metin
A2 - Gani, Rafiqul
PB - Elsevier
T2 - 31st European Symposium on Computer Aided Process Engineering
Y2 - 6 June 2021 through 9 June 2021
ER -