A process model to estimate the cost of industrial scale biodiesel production from waste cooking oil by supercritical transesterification

Kasteren, van Jmn Han; Nisworo, AP Adrian

doi:10.1016/j.resconrec.2006.07.005

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“…Furthermore, there are numerous specific evaluations of biofuels, like biodiesel (Zhang et al, 2003;van Kasteren and Nisworo, 2007;Araujo et al, 2010) and simulations of biofuel processes with specialised software, like Aspen HYSYS (West et al, 2008). Despite the fact that production costs of biofuels compared to fossil fuels are an important driver for biofuel demand, there are only a few approaches to compare different biofuel production processes with each other and with the established production of fossil fuels considering scale and learning curve effects in the production process.…”

Section: Calculation Models For Energy Production Costsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Modelling production cost scenarios for biofuels and fossil fuels in Europe

Festel¹,

Würmseher²,

Rammer

et al. 2014

Journal of Cleaner Production

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Die Dis cus si on Pape rs die nen einer mög lichst schnel len Ver brei tung von neue ren For schungs arbei ten des ZEW. Die Bei trä ge lie gen in allei ni ger Ver ant wor tung der Auto ren und stel len nicht not wen di ger wei se die Mei nung des ZEW dar.Dis cus si on Papers are inten ded to make results of ZEW research prompt ly avai la ble to other eco no mists in order to encou ra ge dis cus si on and sug gesti ons for revi si ons. The aut hors are sole ly respon si ble for the con tents which do not neces sa ri ly repre sent the opi ni on of the ZEW. Das Wichtigste in Kürze Executive SummaryCompetitive production costs compared to conventional fuels are imperative for biofuels to gain market shares, as current tax advantages for biofuels are only temporary. Comparing production costs of different biofuels with fossil fuels is a challenge due to the complexity of influencing factors. The objective of this research paper is threefold: 1) to project future biofuel feedstock prices based on the crude oil price development, the price index for agricultural products, growth in world population, growth in wealth per capita income, and change in energy consumption per capita, 2) to simulate production costs under consideration of likely economies of scale from scaling-up production size and technological learning and 3) to compare different biofuels and fossil fuels by scenario analysis.A calculation model for biofuel production is used to analyse projected production costs for different types of biofuels in Europe for 2015 and 2020. Unlike engineering oriented bottomup approaches that are often used in other biofuel studies, the macro-economic top-down approach applied in this study enables an economic comparison and discussion of various fuel types based on reference scenarios of crude oil prices of €50, €100, €150 and €200 per barrel.Depending on the specific raw material prices as well as the conversion costs, the analysis delivered a differentiated view on the production costs and thus on the competitiveness of each individual type of fuel.The results show that 2nd generation biofuels are most likely to achieve competitive production costs mid-to long-term when taking into account the effects from technological learning and production scale size as well as crude oil price scenarios between €50 and €200 per barrel for both reference years. In all crude oil price scenarios, bioethanol from lignocellulosic raw materials as well as biodiesel from waste oil are associated with high cost saving potentials which enable them to outperform fossil fuels and 1st generation biofuels. Modelling Production Cost Scenarios for Biofuels and Fossil Fuels in Europe AbstractThis paper presents the results of a calculation model for biofuel production costs in 2015 and 2020 based on raw material price projections and considering scale and learning effects. Distinguishing six types of biofuels, the paper finds that scale economies and learning effects are critical for 2nd generation biofuels to become competitive. In case these ef...

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Section: Calculation Models For Energy Production Costsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Modelling production cost scenarios for biofuels and fossil fuels in Europe

Festel¹,

Würmseher²,

Rammer

et al. 2014

Journal of Cleaner Production

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“…The product will conform to the specifications of EN 14214. The ccurrent available technologies to convert waste cooking oil to biodiesel are (a) the acid -catalyzed transesterification, (b) the alkaline transesterification, (c) the enzymatic catalyzed conversion, (d) the ultrasound method and (e) the supercritical transesterification (Demirbas, 2009;Fan et al, 2010;Gui et al, 2008;van Kasteren, 2007;Papageorgiou, 2009). The methods examined here are the alkaline transesterification and the supercritical transesterification.…”

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confidence: 99%

Feasibility Evaluation of a Biodiesel Plant fed by Recycled Edible Oils Comparing two Alternative Production Technologies

Korakaki

Georgakellos²

2014

Global NEST Journal

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The present work is about the techno-economic evaluation of a biodiesel industrial unit that exclusively use recycled edible oils as feedstock, for two alternative production technologies. Nowadays, many biodiesel production units use a mixture of virgin vegetable oils and waste cooking oils. The examined unit will use only waste cooking oil as raw material. Thus, two different methods for biodiesel production are assessed on a financial basis for different biodiesel prices. The investigated methods are the alkaline transesterification (a very common biodiesel production method) and the supercritical transesterification (a method with non sensitivity in moisture and free fatty acids and thus not requiring a pre-treatment stage). According to the financial evaluation, the acceptance of the project for each technology is strongly affected by biodiesel's price. The results showed that the alkaline transesterification based project is accepted for the whole examined prices' range while for supercritical transesterification, the project is accepted for biodiesel prices of about 0.75-0.85 €/L.

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“…Nevertheless, there is a need of high temperature and pressure that implies a high operational cost and makes this technology less attractive than others. But, when considering the process with different approaches it will become more economically viable (van Kasteren & Nisworo, 2007, Deshpande et al, 2010, Lim et al, 2009 The use of membrane reactors as well as monolithic catalysts, and monolithic reactors are among the new options that being considered. Each of them has major advantages and disadvantages over the conventional process.…”

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A Comparison Between Raw Material and Technologies for a Sustainable Biodiesel Production Industry

Marchetti¹

2011

Economic Effects of Biofuel Production

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A process model to estimate the cost of industrial scale biodiesel production from waste cooking oil by supercritical transesterification

Cited by 266 publications

References 10 publications

Modelling production cost scenarios for biofuels and fossil fuels in Europe

Modelling production cost scenarios for biofuels and fossil fuels in Europe

Feasibility Evaluation of a Biodiesel Plant fed by Recycled Edible Oils Comparing two Alternative Production Technologies

A Comparison Between Raw Material and Technologies for a Sustainable Biodiesel Production Industry

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