Towards a Combined, Integrated, and Adaptable Bioethanol and -Ethylene Process Leveraging Flexible Ratios in Hybrid Production

Christoph Huber, Merlin Alvarado Morales*, Gürkan Sin

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Abstract

The production of bioethanol and ethylene offers significant potential as carbon-neutral fuel and raw material e.g., for polyethylene production, respectively. We present a new approach, where we combined a) the bioethanol production process (pretreatment, hydrolysis, fermentation), b) the ethanol purification under the consideration of trace compounds and their removal to reach solvent-grade ethanol, and c) the coupling of the ethylene process to the ethanol process. The simulation results showed the feasibility of a flexible hybrid production process that fulfills the high-purity grades of both products. In addition, there is a high heat integration potential for all product ratios, thereby offering significant potential for adaptation to different market situations.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of the 34th European Symposium on Computer Aided Process Engineering
EditorsFlavio Manenti, Gintaras V. Reklaitis
Volume53
PublisherElsevier
Publication date2024
Pages1135-1140
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2024
Event34th European Symposium on Computer Aided Process Engineering / 15th International Symposium on Process Systems Engineering - Florence, Italy
Duration: 2 Jun 20246 Jun 2024

Conference

Conference34th European Symposium on Computer Aided Process Engineering / 15th International Symposium on Process Systems Engineering
Country/TerritoryItaly
CityFlorence
Period02/06/202406/06/2024

Keywords

  • Bioethanol and -ethylene
  • Hybrid production
  • Heat integration
  • Simulation

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