Feasibility assessment of a bioethanol plant in the northern Netherlands

Due to the exhaustion and increased pressure regarding the environmental and political aspects of fossil fuels, the industrial focus has switched towards renewable energy resources. Lignocellulosic biowaste can come from several sources, such as industrial waste, agricultural waste, forestry waste, and bioenergy crops and processed into bioethanol via a biochemical pathway. Although much research has been done on the ethanol production from lignocellulosic biomass, the economic viability of a bioethanol plant in the Northern Netherlands is yet unknown, and therefore, examined. In this thesis,... Mehr ...

Verfasser: Achinas, Spyridon
Leenders, Nienke
Krooneman, Janneke
Euverink, Gert-Jan
Dokumenttyp: Artikel
Erscheinungsdatum: 2019
Reihe/Periodikum: Achinas , S , Leenders , N , Krooneman , J & Euverink , G-J 2019 , ' Feasibility assessment of a bioethanol plant in the northern Netherlands ' , Applied Sciences , vol. 9 , no. 21 , 4586 . https://doi.org/10.3390/app9214586
Schlagwörter: Lignocellulosic biowaste / bioethanol / plant design / saccharification / co-fermentation / viability / ANAEROBIC DEGRADATION / WASTE / BIOGAS / PULP / FERMENTATION / CHALLENGES / CONVERSION / ENERGY / FUEL
Sprache: Englisch
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Link(s) : https://hdl.handle.net/11370/0684f6e2-ca30-4b69-b8ca-cd0a75a36d3e

Due to the exhaustion and increased pressure regarding the environmental and political aspects of fossil fuels, the industrial focus has switched towards renewable energy resources. Lignocellulosic biowaste can come from several sources, such as industrial waste, agricultural waste, forestry waste, and bioenergy crops and processed into bioethanol via a biochemical pathway. Although much research has been done on the ethanol production from lignocellulosic biomass, the economic viability of a bioethanol plant in the Northern Netherlands is yet unknown, and therefore, examined. In this thesis, the feasibility study of a bioethanol plant treating sugar beet pulp, cow manure, and grass straw is conducted using the simulation software SuperPro Designer. Results show that it is not economically viable to treat the tested lignocellulosic biomass for the production of bioethanol, since all three original cases result in a negative net present value (NPV). An alternative would be to exclude the pretreatment step from the process. Although this results in a lower production of bioethanol per year, the plant treating sugar beet pulp (SBP) and grass straw (GS) becomes economically viable since the costs have significantly decreased.