Biorefinery upgrading of herbaceous biomass to renewable hydrocarbon fuels, Part 2: Air pollutant emissions and permitting implications

Bhatt, Arpit; Zhang, Yimin; Davis, Ryan; Heath, Garvin; Ravi, Vikram

doi:10.1016/j.jclepro.2022.132409

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“…[47][48][49] Environmental impacts and pollutant emissions also play a tremendous role when considering this bioenergy pathway. [50] Carbon monoxide, volatile organic compounds, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and particulate matter can be controlled by reducing feedstock moisture and proper combustion management to provide the conditions to a more complete burning at sufficient temperature. [51] In this direction, the pretreatment of biomass through densification or pelletization/briquetting and the use of automatic combustors, can significantly reduce emissions and enhance efficiency of direct combustion.…”

Section: Combustion Instead Of Biogas Productionmentioning

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Exploring the Potential of Perennial Nectar‐Producing Wild Plants for Pellet Combustion

von Cossel,

Heinzel,

Patiño Lordello

et al. 2024

Advanced Sustainable Systems

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Perennial nectar‐producing wild plant species (WPS) cultivation for biogas production helps improve ecosystem services such as habitat functioning, erosion mitigation, groundwater protection, and carbon sequestration. These ecosystem services could be improved when WPS are harvested in late winter to produce pellets and briquettes as solid energy carriers for heat production. This study aims for gaining first insights into the use of WPS biomass as resource for pellet and briquette combustion with focus on two perennial WPS common tansy (Tanacetum vulgare L.) and mugwort (Artemisia vulgaris L.), and two biennial WPS yellow melilot (Melilotus officinalis L.) and wild teasel (Dipsacus fullonum L.). All WPS are found economically viable for pellet combustion. The main drivers are i) low cultivation costs, ii) subsidies, and iii) low pellet production costs due to low moisture contents. However, high ash contents in WPS biomass justify the need of i) blending with woody‐biomass or ii) supplementing with additives to attain international standards for household stoves. This approach appears technically feasible providing a research field with significant potential impacts. As 70% of the pellet market is demanded as household level, public concern about the legal framework of alternative plant biomass pellets must be overcome to develop this market.

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Section: Combustion Instead Of Biogas Productionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Exploring the Potential of Perennial Nectar‐Producing Wild Plants for Pellet Combustion

von Cossel,

Heinzel,

Patiño Lordello

et al. 2024

Advanced Sustainable Systems

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“…As mentioned, the highest interest is to recover phosphorus (P) and nitrogen (N) from the biorefinery side streams. Sulfur (S) is recovered from the biorefinery, mainly due to its impact on biorefinery processes-(eco)toxicity and corrosivity [248]. Cationic nutrients are usually recovered together with their counter anions.…”

Section: Phosphorus Nitrogen and Sulfur Recovery During The Biorefine...mentioning

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Closing the Nutrient Loop—The New Approaches to Recovering Biomass Minerals during the Biorefinery Processes

Constantinescu-Aruxandei

Oancea

2023

IJERPH

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The recovery of plant mineral nutrients from the bio-based value chains is essential for a sustainable, circular bioeconomy, wherein resources are (re)used sustainably. The widest used approach is to recover plant nutrients on the last stage of biomass utilization processes—e.g., from ash, wastewater, or anaerobic digestate. The best approach is to recover mineral nutrients from the initial stages of biomass biorefinery, especially during biomass pre-treatments. Our paper aims to evaluate the nutrient recovery solutions from a trans-sectorial perspective, including biomass processing and the agricultural use of recovered nutrients. Several solutions integrated with the biomass pre-treatment stage, such as leaching/bioleaching, recovery from pre-treatment neoteric solvents, ionic liquids (ILs), and deep eutectic solvents (DESs) or integrated with hydrothermal treatments are discussed. Reducing mineral contents on silicon, phosphorus, and nitrogen biomass before the core biorefinery processes improves processability and yield and reduces corrosion and fouling effects. The recovered minerals are used as bio-based fertilizers or as silica-based plant biostimulants, with economic and environmental benefits.

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“…Harsh pretreatment conditions or incomplete fractionation during pretreatment compromises the lignin, 2 preventing it from being utilized as a feedstock by leaving it suitable only for gross combustion to provide process heating. Although lignin burning offers lower-carbon process heating relative to fossil fuel-based heating, this method of eliminating lignin can have detrimental effects on biorefinery particulate emissions 3,4 and overall plant economics. 5 Recently, advances in pretreatment technology have sought to increase the utilization of whole biomass and reduce the barrier to efficient biomass deconstruction and fractionation by employing water-miscible co-solvents capable of significantly enhancing separation of the lignin fraction while preserving the carbohydrate streams.…”

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Economics and global warming potential of a commercial-scale delignifying biorefinery based on co-solvent enhanced lignocellulosic fractionation to produce alcohols, sustainable aviation fuels, and co-products from biomass

Klein,

Scheidemantle,

Hanes

et al. 2024

Energy Environ. Sci.

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Biorefinery upgrading of herbaceous biomass to renewable hydrocarbon fuels, Part 2: Air pollutant emissions and permitting implications

Cited by 9 publications

References 12 publications

Exploring the Potential of Perennial Nectar‐Producing Wild Plants for Pellet Combustion

Exploring the Potential of Perennial Nectar‐Producing Wild Plants for Pellet Combustion

Closing the Nutrient Loop—The New Approaches to Recovering Biomass Minerals during the Biorefinery Processes

Economics and global warming potential of a commercial-scale delignifying biorefinery based on co-solvent enhanced lignocellulosic fractionation to produce alcohols, sustainable aviation fuels, and co-products from biomass

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