Abstract
Designing a biorefinery involves the selection of the set of products and the technologies that will be used for processing a given set of biomass feedstocks. Biorefinery design methodologies have relied either in conventional conceptual process design, where the set of products and technologies under consideration is fixed, or on the optimization of processing networks where multiple products and technologies are considered and the best biomass-technology(ies)-product(s) set is found by solving a mathematical programming problem. Both approaches implicitly assume a single actor biorefinery; this is that conversion of biomass is carried out by the same facility. In this chapter, a novel framework for the analysis of biorefinery processes is discussed. The framework considers that, akin to the current petrochemical industry, the biomass-based industry should be designed as distributed multi-actor processes. The chapter starts by commenting on the current structure of the petrochemical industry and motivating the need for a distributed biomass-based industry. After reviewing the approaches commonly used for the design of biorefineries, the distributed framework developed by the authors is presented. The chapter ends by discussing a modified version of the framework useful for screening processes at early design stages.
Access this chapter
Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout
Purchases are for personal use only
References
AdvanSix: Products (2018) Chemical intermediates. https://www.advansix.com/chemicalintermediates/products/. Accessed 17 May 2018
Aita GM, Kim M (2010) Pretreatment technologies for the conversion of lignocellulosic materials to bioethanol. Chapter 8. In: Sustainability of the sugar and sugar−ethanol industries, vol 1058, American Chemical Society, pp 117–145
Ashraf MT (2017) Valorization of mixed lignocellulosic residues in the UAE using a biorefinery concept. Khalifa University of Science and Technology, Abu Dhabi
Ashraf MT, Schmidt JE (2018) Process simulation and economic assessment of hydrothermal pretreatment and enzymatic hydrolysis of multi-feedstock lignocellulose—separate vs combined processing. Bioresour Technol 249:835–843
Avantium (2018) YXY technology. https://www.avantium.com/yxy/yxy-technology/. Accessed 17 May 2018
BASF (2018) Products and industries: chemicals. Chemicals. https://www.basf.com/en/products-and-industries/chemicals.html. Accessed 17 May 2018
BP (2018a) Petrochemicals. Texas City Chemicals, Texas. https://www.bp.com/en_us/bp-us/what-we-do/petrochemicals/texas-city.html. Accessed 17 May 2018
BP (2018b) Petrochemicals. Cooper River Chemicals, Cooper River. https://www.bp.com/en_us/bp-us/what-we-do/petrochemicals/cooper-river.html. Accessed 17 May 2018
Cheali P, Gernaey KV, Sin G (2014) Toward a computer-aided synthesis and design of biorefinery networks: data collection and management using a generic modeling approach. ACS Sustain Chem Eng 2:19–29
Douglas JM (1988) Conceptual design of chemical processes. McGraw-Hill, New York
Dupont Tate & Lyle: Susterra (2018a) Life cycle analysis overview—Susterra® propanediol. http://www.duponttateandlyle.com/sites/default/files/Susterra(R)Propanediol-LCAOverview.pdf. Accessed 17 May 2018
Dupont Tate & Lyle: FAQS (2018b) 1,3-propanediol FAQ. http://www.duponttateandlyle.com/faqs. Accessed 17 May 2018
Dupont Tate & Lyle: Story (2018c) Our Story—DuPont and Tate & Lyle bio products. http://www.duponttateandlyle.com/our_story. Accessed 17 May 2018
Dupont Tate & Lyle (2018d) History. https://www.tateandlyle.com/about-us/history. Accessed 17 May 2018
Giuliano A, Cerulli R, Poletto M, Raiconi G, Barletta D (2016) Process pathways optimization for a lignocellulosic biorefinery producing levulinic acid, succinic acid, and ethanol. Ind Eng Chem Res 55:10699–10717
Gong J, Garcia DJ, You F (2016) Unraveling optimal biomass processing routes from bioconversion product and process networks under uncertainty: an adaptive robust optimization approach. ACS Sustain Chem Eng 4:3160–3173
Hallberg C, O’Connor D, Rushton M, Pye EK, Gjennstad G, Berlin A, et al (2012) Continuous counter-current organosolv processing of lignocellulosic feedstocks. US008772427B2
Hernández-Calderón OM, Ponce-Ortega JM, Ortiz-Del-Castillo JR, Cervantes-Gaxiola ME, Milán-Carrillo J, Serna-González M et al (2016) Optimal design of distributed algae-based biorefineries using CO2 emissions from multiple industrial plants. Ind Eng Chem Res 55:2345–2358
IEA (2007) IEA bioenergy Task 42 on biorefineries: co-production of fuels, chemicals, power and materials from biomass. Minutes Third Task Meet
Intelligen Inc. (2017) SuperPro(R) designer
Kazi FK, Patel AD, Serrano-Ruiz JC, Dumesic JA, Anex RP (2011) Techno-economic analysis of dimethylfuran (DMF) and hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF) production from pure fructose in catalytic processes. Chem Eng J 169:329–338
MatWeb: Material Property Data (2018) Nylon manufacturers, suppliers, and distributors. http://www.matweb.com/reference/Manufacturers.aspx?MatGroupID=17. Accessed 20 July 2018
Murillo-Alvarado PE, Ponce-Ortega JM, Serna-Gonzalez M, Castro-Montoya AJ, El-Halwagi MM (2013) Optimization of pathways for biorefineries involving the selection of feedstocks, products, and processing steps. Ind Eng Chem Res 52:5177–5190
Packaging Getaway (2018) Coca-Cola’s 100% plant-based bottle. http://www.packaging-gateway.com/projects/coca-cola-plant-based-bottle/. Accessed 5 July 2018
Patel AD, Serrano-Ruiz JC, Dumesic JA, Anex RP (2010) Techno-economic analysis of 5-nonanone production from levulinic acid. Chem Eng J 160:311–321
Peters MS, Timmerhaus KD, West R (2003) Plant design and economics for chemical engineers, 5th edn. McGraw-Hill, New York
Peters MW, Taylor JD, Jenni M, Manzer LE, Henton DE (n.d.) Integrated process to selectively convert renewable isobutanol to P-xylene
Pham V, El-Halwagi M (2012) Process synthesis and optimization of biorefinery configurations. AICHE J 58:1212–1221
Ragauskas AJ, Beckham GT, Biddy MJ, Chandra R, Chen F, Davis MF et al (2014) Lignin valorization: improving lignin processing in the biorefinery. Science 344:1246843
Seider WD, Seader JD, Lewin DR, Widagdo S (2008) Product and process design principles: synthesis, analysis and design, 3rd edn. Wiley, Hoboken
The Coca Cola Company (2018a) PlantBottle. http://www.coca-colacompany.com/our-company/plantbottle. Accessed 17 May 2018
The Coca Cola Company (2018b) PlantBottle basics. https://www.coca-colacompany.com/stories/plant-bottle-basics
Torres AI, Stephanopoulos G (2016) Design of multi-actor distributed processing systems: a game-theoretical approach. AICHE J 62:3369–3391
Torres AI, Daoutidis P, Tsapatsis M (2010) Continuous production of 5-hydroxymethylfurfural from fructose: a design case study. Energy Environ Sci 3:1560–1572
Torres AI, Tsapatsis M, Daoutidis P (2012) Biomass to chemicals: design of an extractive-reaction process for the production of 5-hydroxymethylfurfural. Comput Chem Eng 42:130–137
Torres AI, Cybulska I, Fang C, Thomsen MH, Schmidt JE, Stephanopoulos G (2015) A novel approach for the identification of economic opportunities within the framework of a biorefinery. Comput Aided Chem Eng 37:1175–1180
US-DOE (2018) Integrated biorefineries. https://energy.gov/eere/bioenergy/integrated-biorefineries. Accessed 17 May 2018
Werpy T, Petersen G, Aden A, Bozell J, Holladay J, White J, et al (2004) Top value added chemicals from biomass (volume 1: results of screening for potential candidates from sugars and synthesis gas). 1
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Corresponding author
Editor information
Editors and Affiliations
Rights and permissions
Copyright information
© 2019 Springer Nature Switzerland AG
About this chapter
Cite this chapter
Ashraf, M.T., Torres, A.I., Schmidt, J.E., Stephanopoulos, G. (2019). Analysis and Optimization of Multi-actor Biorefineries. In: Bastidas-Oyanedel, JR., Schmidt, J. (eds) Biorefinery. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-10961-5_3
Download citation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-10961-5_3
Published:
Publisher Name: Springer, Cham
Print ISBN: 978-3-030-10960-8
Online ISBN: 978-3-030-10961-5
eBook Packages: EnergyEnergy (R0)