scholarly journals Techno-economic and Life Cycle Analysis of MixAlco® Processes for Mixed Alcohol Production from Brown Algae

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Abhay Athaley ◽  
Yue Zhang ◽  
Eleftherios T. Papoutsakis ◽  
Marianthi Ierapetritou
Keyword(s):  
Life Cycle ◽  
Brown Algae ◽  
Life Cycle Analysis ◽  
Alcohol Production

scholarly journals Techno-Economic and Life Cycle Analysis of Mixalco® Processes For Mixed Alcohol Production From Brown Algae

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Abhay Athaley ◽  
Yue Zhang ◽  
Eleftherios T. Papoutsakis ◽  
Marianthi Ierapetritou
Keyword(s):  
Life Cycle ◽  
Environmental Impacts ◽  
Brown Algae ◽  
Life Cycle Analysis ◽  
Raw Materials ◽  
Operating Cost ◽  
Biomass Composition ◽  
Selling Price ◽  
Alcohol Production ◽  
Alternative Routes

Abstract The need for producing renewable fuels from biomass has increased due to depleting fossil resources and environmental concerns. However, the low fraction of biomass carbon converted to product is an undeniable drawback for most current biofuel productions from fermentation due to undecomposed lignin in biomass composition and carbon loss as CO2. In this work, two main production routes of the MixAlco® process, the Ketonization route (KR) and Esterification route (ER) are evaluated for the mixed alcohol production by brown algae, third-generation biomass without lignin. A Novel Fermentation process using syntrophic bacteria consortia (SBC) is developed to produce acetic acid from waste gas produced by KR and ER process. The paper investigates the integrated flowsheet for these alternative routes, using techno-economic and life cycle analysis to compare the minimum selling price and environmental impacts. The ER's capital and operating cost combined with the SBC is the highest compared with other routes. The cost of raw materials and utilities are the two major cost factors for all the processing routes examined. ER process performs the best in terms of environmental impacts except in water depletion compared with other processes, while the KR process performs the worst regarding the environmental metrics.

Estimation of Recoverable Household Waste Cooking Oil and Life Cycle Analysis of Biodiesel Fuel Production

2008 ◽  
Vol 4 (4) ◽  
pp. 318-323 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hirotsugu KAMAHARA ◽  
Shun YAMAGUCHI ◽  
Ryuichi TACHIBANA ◽  
Naohiro GOTO ◽  
Koichi FUJIE
Keyword(s):  
Life Cycle ◽  
Life Cycle Analysis ◽  
Waste Cooking Oil ◽  
Household Waste ◽  
Biodiesel Fuel ◽  
Fuel Production ◽  
Cooking Oil

A Life Cycle Analysis of the Conflicting Military Issues in Korea

2019 ◽  
Vol 28 (1) ◽  
pp. 131-158
Author(s):  
Hanbyeol Yoo ◽  
T.J. Lah
Keyword(s):  
Life Cycle ◽  
Life Cycle Analysis

Life Cycle Analysis: Sub-Critical Pulverized Coal (SubPC) Power Plants

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Timothy J Skone ◽  
Greg Schivley ◽  
Matthew Jamieson ◽  
Joe Marriott ◽  
Greg Cooney ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Life Cycle ◽  
Life Cycle Analysis ◽  
Power Plants ◽  
Pulverized Coal

Life Cycle Analysis of Natural Gas Extraction and Power Generation

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
James Littlefield ◽  
Selina Roman-White ◽  
Dan Augustine ◽  
Ambica Pegallapati ◽  
George G. Zaimes ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Power Generation ◽  
Life Cycle ◽  
Natural Gas ◽  
Life Cycle Analysis ◽  
Gas Extraction ◽  
Natural Gas Extraction

Gate-to-Grave Life Cycle Analysis Model of Saline Aquifer Sequestration of Carbon Dioxide

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Timothy J. Skone ◽  
Robert E. James III ◽  
Greg Cooney ◽  
Matt Jamieson ◽  
James Littlefield ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Carbon Dioxide ◽  
Life Cycle ◽  
Life Cycle Analysis ◽  
Saline Aquifer ◽  
Analysis Model

A Parameterized Life Cycle Analysis of Crude from CO2-Enhanced Oil Recovery

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Timothy J. Skone ◽  
James Littlefield ◽  
Joe Marriott ◽  
Greg Cooney
Keyword(s):  
Life Cycle ◽  
Enhanced Oil Recovery ◽  
Oil Recovery ◽  
Life Cycle Analysis
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