Techno-economic analysis of transportation fuels from defatted microalgae via hydrothermal liquefaction and hydroprocessing

被引：132

作者：

Ou, Longwen ^{[1
]}

Thilakaratne, Rajeeva ^{[1
]}

Brown, Robert C. ^{[1
,2
]}

Wright, Mark M. ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Iowa State Univ, Dept Mech Engn, Ames, IA 50011 USA

[2] Iowa State Univ, Bioecon Inst, Ames, IA 50011 USA

来源：

BIOMASS & BIOENERGY | 2015年 / 72卷

基金：

美国国家科学基金会;

关键词：

Defatted microalgae; Hydrothermal liquefaction; Biofuel; Process modeling; Minimum fuel selling price; Uncertainty analysis; CATALYTIC PYROLYSIS; SUPERCRITICAL WATER; BIO-OIL; BIOMASS; GASIFICATION; FEEDSTOCKS; CONVERSION; BIODIESEL; YIELD;

D O I：

10.1016/j.biombioe.2014.11.018

中图分类号：

S2 [农业工程];

学科分类号：

0828 ;

摘要：

This study describes a techno-economic analysis to evaluate the economic feasibility of transportation fuel production by hydrothermal liquefaction (HTL) of defatted microalgae followed by hydroprocessing of the resulting bio-crude. A 2000 dry tonne per day biorefinery produces 112 dam(3) of gasoline-range fuels and 121 dam(3) of diesel-range fuels per year. We estimate the total project investment is 504 M$ and the annual operating cost is 158 M$. The minimum fuel-selling price (MFSP) is 679 $ m(-3) assuming a 10% internal rate of return assuming 30-year plant life. Sensitivity analysis shows that MFSP is most sensitive to product fuel yield indicating the relative importance of HTL conversion performance. Feedstock cost also strongly influences MFSP, which varied between 584 $ m(-3) and 869 $ m(-3) for feedstock cost of 33 and 132 $ dry tonne(-1), respectively. A Monte-Carlo analysis suggests an 80% probability of MFSP being between 607 and 833 $ m(-3). (C) 2014 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

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