Techno-Economic and Life Cycle Assessment of a Small-Scale Integrated Biorefinery for Butyric-Acid Production in Chile
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Feed Stock Availability and Location
2.2. Process Overview and Design
2.2.1. Grinding and Pre-Treatment
2.2.2. Enzymatic Hydrolysis (EH)
2.2.3. Fermentation
2.2.4. Product Recovery
2.2.5. Wastewater Treatment and Anaerobic Digestion
2.2.6. Combined Heat and Power Generation for Biogas and Lignin
2.3. Process Simulation
2.4. Life-Cycle Assessment (LCA)
3. Results and Discussion
3.1. Process Simulation
3.2. Economic Assessment
3.2.1. Operating Expenditures (OPEX)
Input/Product Name | Flows 1 | Price | Price Ref. | ||
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Scenario 1 | Scenario 2 | ||||
Expenses on Raw Material, Supplies, and Utilities | Water | 44.591 ton/h | 62.240 ton/h | 0.73 USD/ton | [36] |
Electricity | 47.024 kW | - | 29.60 USD/GJ | [37] | |
Natural Gas 2 | 7.560 MW | - | 5.35 USD/GJ | [38] | |
Alamine-336 | 1.286 kg/h | 1.286 kg/h | 8.49 USD/kg | [39] | |
Swine Manure | - | 5.244 ton/h | 29.88 USD/ton | [40] | |
Corn Liquor | 88.180 kg/h | 88.180 kg/h | 52.10 USD/ton | [2] | |
CTec3 Enzyme | 12.130 kg/h | 12.130 kg/h | 10.14 USD/kg | [41] | |
Wheat Straw | 4.167 ton/h | 4.167 ton/h | 35.00 USD/ton | [2] | |
Product Revenues | Electricity | - | 107.754 kW | 29.60 USD/GJ | [37] |
Butyric Acid | 0.299 ton/h | 0.299 ton/h | 2888.59 USD/ton | [42] | |
Acetic Acid | 0.027 ton/h | 0.027 ton/h | 617.00 USD/ton | [8] | |
Stabilized Sludge | - | 1.703 ton/h | 39.00 USD/ton | [43] |
3.2.2. Capital Expenditures (CAPEX)
3.2.3. Total Costs and Economic Evaluation
3.3. Life Cycle Impact Assessment (LCIA)
4. Conclusions and Future Works
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Compounds | Cellulose | Hemicellulose | Lignin | Extractives | Ashes | Proteins |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
% w/w | 36.8 | 25.9 | 17.1 | 14.5 | 4.7 | 1.0 |
Reaction Type | Stoichiometry | Fractional Conversion |
---|---|---|
Autohydrolysis [22] | Cellulose + H2O → Glucose | 0.11 |
Cellulose → HMF + 2 H2O | 0.01 | |
Xylan + H2O → Xylose | 0.88 | |
Xylan → Furfural + 2 H2O | 0.11 | |
Arabinan + H2O → Arabinose | 1.00 | |
Galactan + H2O → Galactose | 1.00 | |
Acetate → Acetic Acid | 1.00 | |
Enzymatic Hydrolysis [23] | Cellulose + H2O → Glucose | 0.99 |
Cellulose + 0.5 H2O → 0.5 Cellobiose | 0.01 | |
Cellobiose + H2O → 2 Glucose | 1.00 | |
Xylan + H2O → Xylose | 0.86 | |
Fermentation [5] | 0.175 Glucose + 0.2 NH4+ → Biomass + 0.05 CO2 + 0.45 H2O | 0.15 |
Glucose → Butyric Acid + 2 CO2 + 2 H2 | 0.7 | |
Glucose → 3 Acetic Acid | 0.15 | |
0.21 Xylose + 0.2 NH4+ → Biomass + 0.05 CO2 + 0.45 H2O | 0.15 | |
3 Xylose → 2.5 Butyric Acid + 5 CO2 + 5 H2 | 0.7 | |
2 Xylose → 5 Acetic Acid | 0.15 |
Area | Electric Balance (kW) | Heat Balance (MW) |
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(1) Grinding and Pretreatment | 44.8 | 3.93 |
(2) Enzymatic Hydrolysis | 1.1 | 0.41 |
(3) Fermentation | 0.9 | 1.91 |
(4) Product Recovery | 0.2 | 1.33 |
(5) Anaerobic Digestion | 14.2 | 0.42 |
(6) Combined Heat and Power | −169.0 | −12.73 |
Net Balance (Scenario 1) | 47.0 | 7.56 |
Net Balance (Scenario 2) | −107.8 | −4.75 |
Cost | Scenario 1 | Scenario 2 | Unit |
---|---|---|---|
Raw Materials and Utilities | 4.00 | 3.73 | USD million/year |
Maintenance | 1.25 | 1.89 | USD million/year |
Labor, Management, and Administrative | 0.55 | 0.74 | USD million/year |
Capital depreciation 1 | 0.27 | 0.46 | USD million/year |
Total | 6.08 | 6.83 | USD million/year |
Butyric acid production cost (excluding co-products) | 2.65 | 2.97 | USD/kg |
Item | Scenario 1 (USD Million) | Scenario 2 (USD Million) |
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Equipment Purchase Cost | 5.40 | 9.16 |
Inside Battery Limits Plant Cost | 9.26 | 11.33 |
Additional Direct Cost | 1.62 | 1.98 |
Installed Equipment Cost | 10.31 | 16.06 |
Total Direct Cost (TDC) | 11.93 | 18.04 |
Total Indirect Cost (TIC) | 8.95 | 13.53 |
Total Investment Cost (TIC + TDC) | 20.88 | 31.57 |
Scenario 1 | Scenario 2 | Unit | |
---|---|---|---|
Total Capital Investment | 20.88 | 31.57 | USD million |
Credit Annualized Value (60% external financing) | 0.99 | 1.49 | USD million/year |
Operating Expenditures (OPEX) | 5.80 | 6.37 | USD million/year |
Product Revenues | 6.76 | 7.35 | USD million/year |
Payback Period | 8.61 | 10.60 | years |
IRR (After Taxes) | 16.40 | 12.80 | % |
Net Present Value (NPV) | 24.69 | 24.92 | USD million |
Return of Investment (ROI) | 176 | 112 | % |
Per kg of Butyric Acid Produced | Per kg of Wheat Straw Processed | ||||
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Impact Category | Unit | Scenario 1 | Scenario 2 | Scenario 1 | Scenario 2 |
Human toxicity | kg 1.4-DB eq | 3.194 × 10−1 | 4.192 × 10−2 | 2.29 × 10−2 | 3.01 × 10−3 |
Ionizing radiation | kBq U235 eq | 1.187 × 10−2 | 2.500 × 10−3 | 8.52 × 10−4 | 1.79 × 10−4 |
Particulate matter formation | kg PM10 eq | 3.228 × 10−3 | 9.368 × 10−4 | 2.32 × 10−4 | 6.72 × 10−5 |
Freshwater eutrophication | kg P eq | 3.777 × 10−4 | 1.405 × 10−4 | 2.71 × 10−5 | 1.01 × 10−5 |
Fossil depletion | kg oil eq | 2.350 × 10−1 | 1.049 × 10−1 | 1.69 × 10−2 | 7.52 × 10−3 |
Terrestrial acidification | kg SO2 eq | 7.638 × 10−3 | 3.679 × 10−3 | 5.48 × 10−4 | 2.64 × 10−4 |
Terrestrial ecotoxicity | kg 1.4-DB eq | 9.151 × 10−5 | 7.069 × 10−5 | 6.56 × 10−6 | 5.07 × 10−6 |
Ozone depletion | kg CFC-11 eq | 8.490 × 10−8 | 7.492 × 10−8 | 6.09 × 10−9 | 5.37 × 10−9 |
Photochemical oxidant formation | kg NMVOC | 3.863 × 10−3 | 1.874 × 10−2 | 2.77 × 10−4 | 1.34 × 10−3 |
Water depletion | m3 | 2.116 × 10−1 | 2.084 × 10−1 | 1.52 × 10−2 | 1.50 × 10−2 |
Urban land occupation | m2a | 1.326 × 10−2 | 1.111 × 10−2 | 9.51 × 10−4 | 7.97 × 10−4 |
Natural land transformation | m2 | 9.909 × 10−5 | 6.569 × 10−5 | 7.11 × 10−6 | 4.71 × 10−6 |
Climate change | kg CO2 eq | 7.270 × 10−1 | 3.272 × 10−1 | 5.21 × 10−2 | 2.35 × 10−2 |
Freshwater ecotoxicity | kg 1.4-DB eq | 9.260 × 10−3 | 3.899 × 10−3 | 6.64 × 10−4 | 2.80 × 10−4 |
Agricultural land occupation | m2a | 3.978 × 10−3 | 1.317 × 10−3 | 2.85 × 10−4 | 9.45 × 10−5 |
Metal depletion | kg Fe eq | 3.188 × 10−2 | 8.925 × 10−3 | 2.29 × 10−3 | 6.40 × 10−4 |
Marine ecotoxicity | kg 1.4-DB eq | 8.702 × 10−3 | 1.648 × 10−3 | 6.24 × 10−4 | 1.18 × 10−4 |
Marine eutrophication | kg N eq | 3.190 × 10−3 | 7.502 × 10−5 | 2.29 × 10−4 | 5.38 × 10−6 |
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Suazo, A.; Tapia, F.; Aroca, G.; Quintero, J. Techno-Economic and Life Cycle Assessment of a Small-Scale Integrated Biorefinery for Butyric-Acid Production in Chile. Fermentation 2024, 10, 1. https://doi.org/10.3390/fermentation10010001
Suazo A, Tapia F, Aroca G, Quintero J. Techno-Economic and Life Cycle Assessment of a Small-Scale Integrated Biorefinery for Butyric-Acid Production in Chile. Fermentation. 2024; 10(1):1. https://doi.org/10.3390/fermentation10010001
Chicago/Turabian StyleSuazo, Andrés, Fidel Tapia, Germán Aroca, and Julián Quintero. 2024. "Techno-Economic and Life Cycle Assessment of a Small-Scale Integrated Biorefinery for Butyric-Acid Production in Chile" Fermentation 10, no. 1: 1. https://doi.org/10.3390/fermentation10010001