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Title:

Economic Evaluation of a Concept for the Production of Pyrolysis Oil from Straw Directly in the Field

Author(s):

Westermeyer, J., Schulzke, T.

Document(s):

Abstract:

Biomass from agricultural residues and food production will become a major source for energy and chemicals production. Straw as an example for agricultural residues­though abundantly available­occurs vastly distributed and its prize is dominated by logistic cost. By converting straw into pyrolysis oil directly on the field this logistic cost can be completely saved. As major outcome of the presented study the intermediate product from ablative flash pyrolysis can be delivered to subsequent utilization plants at approximately the same prize as baled straw, if some underlying assumptions can be met in future. One aim of the Fraunhofer innovation cluster »bioenergy« is to prove whether the existing concept for an ablative flash pyrolysis process can be scaled­up to a capacity of 10 t/h and still has the possibility to be mounted on a mobile platform.

Keywords:

agricultural residues, cost analysis, economics, flash pyrolysis, straw, decentralised

Topic:

R&D on Biomass Conversion Technologies for Heating, Electricity and Chemicals

Subtopic:

Pyrolysis and other biomass liquefaction technologies

Event:

21st European Biomass Conference and Exhibition

Session:

2CO.1.4

Pages:

522 - 526

ISBN:

978-88-89407-53-0

Paper DOI:

10.5071/21stEUBCE2013-2CO.1.4

Price:

FREE