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Integration of Supercritical Water Gasification in Combined 1G/2G Ethanol Production

Mian, Alberto  
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Albarelli, Juliana Queiroz
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Ensinas, Adriano Viana  
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Varbanov, Ps
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Klemes, Jj
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2014
Chemical Engineering Transactions
17th Conference on Process Integration, Modelling and Optimisation for Energy Saving and Pollution Reduction (PRES 2014)

The present study investigates the potential conversion of sugarcane into ethanol and synthetic natural gas. The considered conversion path consists in combining ethanol first and second generation ethanol production plant with a catalytic supercritical water gasification system. The main steps of the ethanol conversion consider fermentation of sugars (1G) and enzymatic hydrolysis of bagasse (2G). Enzymatic hydrolysis is selected since it represents a promising alternative for 2nd generation biofuels due to its high conversion efficiency. Among streams that are leaving the ethanol production plant are some high watered streams, whose carbon/energy content is not negligible. These streams should be valorised in an efficient way in order to improve the energy conversion efficiency. In this context supercritical gasification process allows to valorise these flows leaving the ethanol plant. Using supercritical water gasification it is in fact possible to avoid the drying the ethanol production leftovers, thus performing a direct gasification. The conversion of ligno-cellulosic residues into synthetic natural gas is modelled considering a catalytic supercritical gasification plant. Since the goal is to achieve high energy and exergy conversion efficiencies, the potential use of an additional set of utilities, such as burners, steam injected gas turbines or steam networks, is added to the sizing problem. The mathematical nature of the optimal utility selection problem deals with mixed integer linear programming (MILP) model, in which the type and size of utilities represent the independent variables, having fixed the process size. The results of the integration are showed in terms of Composite and Grand Composite Curves, economic indicators and local CO2 balance. Finally, having identified the ratio of sugarcane that goes to second generation ethanol plant as key dependent variables, the results of a sensitivity analysis are presented. The sensitivity analysis results are shown accounting economics for the Brazilian market, energy conversion performance indicators and considering local carbon dioxide balance.

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Type
conference paper
DOI
10.3303/Cet1439300
Web of Science ID

WOS:000346757600300

Author(s)
Mian, Alberto  
Albarelli, Juliana Queiroz
Ensinas, Adriano Viana  
Marechal, Francois  
Editors
Varbanov, Ps
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Klemes, Jj
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Liew, Py
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Yong, Jy
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Stehlik, P
Date Issued

2014

Publisher

Aidic Servizi Srl

Publisher place

Milano

Published in
Chemical Engineering Transactions
ISBN of the book

978-88-95608-30-3

Total of pages

6

Volume

39

Start page

1795

End page

1800

Editorial or Peer reviewed

REVIEWED

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EPFL

EPFL units
SCI-STI-FM  
Event nameEvent placeEvent date
17th Conference on Process Integration, Modelling and Optimisation for Energy Saving and Pollution Reduction (PRES 2014)

Prague, Czech Republic

23–27 August 2014

Available on Infoscience
February 20, 2015
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https://infoscience.epfl.ch/handle/20.500.14299/111170
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