Production of marine biofuels from hydrothermal liquefaction of sewage sludge. Preliminary techno-economic analysis and life-cycle GHG emissions assessment of Dutch case study

The aim of this paper is to evaluate the costs and GHG emissions of advanced biofuels production through hydrothermal liquefaction (HTL) of sewage sludge in The Netherlands targeting the marine fuels market. The process evaluated consists of a distributed configuration of regional HTL plants co-located with wastewater treatment plants, with centralized hydrotreating co-located with an existing refinery at the Port of Rotterdam. The process is simulated in ASPEN + based on published experimental data and the mass and energy balances are used as input for techno-economic and environmental evalua... Mehr ...