(75d) Economic and Sustainability Assessment on Bio-based 2,3-BDO Separation Approaches for Sustainable Aviation Fuel Production | AIChE

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(75d) Economic and Sustainability Assessment on Bio-based 2,3-BDO Separation Approaches for Sustainable Aviation Fuel Production

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Tan, E. - Presenter, National Renewal Energy Lab
Olcay, H., University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Dempsey, J., National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Liu, J., Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Freeman, C., Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Kubic, W. L. Jr., Los Alamos National Laboratory
Li, Y., Argonne National Laboratory
Sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) plays a critical role in aviation decarbonization. SAF can be derived from lignocellulosic biomass, such as corn stover, via 2,3-butanediol (BDO) intermediate. BDO undergoes downstream upgrading, including dehydration, oligomerization, and hydrotreating, to make the hydrocarbon blend stock like SAF.

Separating BDO from a fermentation broth is challenging. Water is more volatile than BDO, so energy consumption for ordinary distillation is prohibitively high. For BDO to be a feasible intermediate for sustainable biofuels such as SAF, the total energy usage for the BDO separation target was set to be no greater than 30% of its lower heating value (LHV).

We have developed and explored less energy intensive separation technologies for processing dilute fermentation BDO broth into suitable feed for downstream upgrading. The combined economic and sustainability assessment was performed to assess the feasibility of select cost-effective process designs and comparisons with baseline technology (i.e., cascade vacuum distillation).

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