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Waste Lignocellulosic Biomass as a Source for Bioethanol Production
Klemen Rola, Sven Gruber, Danijela Urbancl, Darko Goričanec, 2024, original scientific article

Abstract: Synthetically produced biofuels play a critical role in the energy transition away from fossil fuels. Biofuels could effectively lower greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and contribute to better air quality. One of these biofuels is bioethanol, which could act as a gasoline replacement. For this purpose, a simulation of bioethanol production through lignocellulosic biomass fermentation, focused on distillation, was carried out in simulation software Aspen Plus. Since the possibility of absolute ethanol production through distillation is limited by the ethanol–water azeotrope, pressure swing distillation (PSD) was used to obtain fuel-grade ethanol (EtOH) with a fraction of 99.60 wt.%. The flowsheet was optimised with NQ analysis, which is a simple optimisation method for distillation columns. We found that the PSD has the potential to concentrate the EtOH to a desired value, while simultaneously removing other unwanted impurities whose presence is a consequence of pretreatment and fermentation processes.
Keywords: bioethanol, distillation, lignocellulosic biomass, azeotrope, Aspen Plus
Published in DKUM: 14.08.2024; Views: 99; Downloads: 5
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Exploring the properties of the torrefaction process and its prospective in treating lignocellulosic material
Maja Ivanovski, Aleksandra Petrovič, Darko Goričanec, Danijela Urbancl, Marjana Simonič, 2023, review article

Abstract: The main objective of this review is to present the latest research results regarding the importance of the torrefaction process for different biomass materials in the last 12-year period. Despite the fact that the potential of renewable energy sources has been analyzed, research regarding that of energy derived from waste biomass still remains in the infancy state. Torrefaction is known to be one of the most effective methods for enhancing the energy efficiency of biomass. Among different types of torrefactions, the focus in this study is mostly on dry torrefaction. The influential factors, like temperature and residence time, and physico-chemical properties of torrefied products, and the prospective of torrefaction due to its reduced impact on environment, are discussed in-depth. This review provides valuable insights into the torrefaction process, which is conducive to upgrading biomass for achieving net zero carbon emissions, as it has been stated in several works that torrefied biomass can be used instead of coal.
Keywords: torrefaction, lignocellulosic biomass, waste biomass, biomass properties
Published in DKUM: 22.03.2024; Views: 470; Downloads: 697
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