Analysis of Energy and Exergy for Lignocellulosic Biomass Converted to Bio Jet Fuel Using Water
Received: 03-Oct-2022 / Manuscript No. ogr-22-77798 / Editor assigned: 06-Oct-2022 / PreQC No. ogr-22-77798 (PQ) / Reviewed: 21-Oct-2022 / QC No. ogr-22-77798 / Revised: 25-Oct-2022 / Manuscript No. ogr-22-77798(R) / Published Date: 28-Oct-2022
Abstract
To improve the employment potency of lignocellulosic biomass (corn stalk) for bio-jet production via liquid conversion, this study planned a liquid conversion method by utilization of a section of polymer to get H2 for chemical change. Additionally the} common liquid conversion method with combustion of all polymer as fuel was also studied because the reference case. The method simulations supported poplar and therefore the comparative studies of energy and exergy analyses were dispensed between the 2 cases.
Keywords
Bio-jet fuel; Aqueous conversion; Lignin; Exergy analysis; Life cycle; Cumulative exergy consumption
Introduction
Air transportation is one among the fastest-growing traffic modes, so energy and environmental issues caused by fossil jet fuel are getting progressively serious. The assembly of jet fuel from biomass will considerably cut back the consumption of fossil energy and alleviate the atmospheric phenomenon. Therefore, the explore for property various aviation fuels from biomass has been one among international issues. At present, there ar several conversion technologies of bio-jet fuel from varied biomass materials [1]. The yank Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) has approved some technic pathways to provide bio-jet fuels, together with biomass chemical change Fischer-Tropsch (FT) synthesis, hydro processed organic compound and fatty acids synthesis derived from oil & fat, direct sugars to organic compound via fermentation derived from sugar-rich feedstock and alcohol. Alternative pathways ar still underneath the analysis and development stages, like chemical process hydro-thermolysis and hydrothermal phase change of plastic biomass [2]. The liquid conversion will manufacture bio-jet fuel by the chemical reaction of the polyose and hemicellulose parts in lignocellulosic biomass, like agricultural and biology residues, etc. Compared with the first-generation biofuel technology, the liquid conversion technology utilizes additional varieties of biomass, that isn’t restricted to grease crops or waste fats [3]. Moreover, the biomass conversion ar operated underneath moderate condition avoiding the high chemical change and reforming during this technology in contrast to linear unit synthesis. Therefore, varied technical routes of lignocellulosic biomass liquid conversion were actively explored to provide jet fuels. This bio-jet fuel production method is kind of sophisticated involving hydrothermal decomposition and chemical process hydro treatment. Some researchers dispensed the method simulations and optimizations mistreatment poplar and to boost the energy potency of conversion and yield of bio-jet fuel [4]. For the event and analysis of a completely unique technology, the technical and economic analyses ar typically focused. Some researchers studied the energy prices of bio-jet fuel combining energy consumption and economic price to realize energy management. Moreover, many literatures studied each technical and economic aspects of bio-jet fuel production via liquid conversion [5]. Because of the character of polymer, it’s troublesome to convert polymer to the hydrocarbons within vary of jet-fuel via liquid conversion. Where upon, as partial supplementary fuel, polymer is usually burned to produce heat for hydrothermal reactions. Besides combustion, the polymer and therefore the chemical reaction residual are often sufficiently regenerate via chemical change with applicable temperature. As a precise quantity of H2 is usually required by the chemical change & upgrading, one will utilize polymer to get H2 via steam chemical change. Correspondingly, additional biomass is needed and combusted to satisfy the warmth demanded by the liquid conversion. For the purpose views of physics and life cycle assessment, this modification may well be an additional economical manner since biomass is that the primary fuel whereas polymer are often wont to generate the H2 production on the spot involves renewable feedstock and fewer fuel consumption [6]. supported this, we have a tendency to planned another thanks to use the polymer to provide chemical element via steam chemical change progressing to improve the employment potency of bio-jet fuel production from lignocellulosic biomass via liquid conversion. By contrast with energy losses, exergy losses of Case one and Case a pair of occur within the combustion & heat exchange unit accounting for 34.2% and 32.1%, severally, during which the inner exergy loss rates occupy quite 90% (case1=90.7% and case2= 90.8%). This result’s kind of like the distribution of the exergy harm during a solid fuel-fired installation. The biggest exergy harm happens within the boiler element as a result of the fuel combustion reaction and therefore the heat transfer causes nice unchangingness. In addition, the exergy losses of Case one and Case a pair of resulted from the plant product production unit account for 20.8% and 20.0%, severally, and people caused by LA production unit account for 19.0% and 18.3%, severally. Among them, the values of ξ within the plant product production unit and LA production unit are some 29.9% and 21.6%, severally, indicating that an outsized a part of exergy losses ascribes to the external exergy losses. Thus, each plant product and LA production units have the potential of energy recovery [7]. Moreover, the comparisons between the energy and exergy analyses of the 2 cases show that the plant product production unit in the main causes the low-quality energy loss since the energy loss rate (about 38%) is larger than the exergy loss rate (about 20%). On the opposite hand, the proportion of the exergy loss within the combustion & heat exchange unit (about 32%) ar a lot of over that of the energy loss (10%), indicating an evident destruction of energy quality [8].
Impact of waste heat and waste product recovery
In order to boost the natural philosophy performance of biojet fuel production, the waste heat of steam-stripping plant product is recovered to get the saturated steam of 0.5 MPa (WHRS 1), that provides heat for concentrating plant product resolution, and therefore the redundant steam is taken as a helpful byproduct. On the opposite hand, the waste product made within the LA unit is first of all utilized to get the saturated steam of 0.5 MPa (WHRS 2) by heat exchange to recover heat, so to provide methane by anaerobic fermentation of the soluble organics in waste product for combustion [9].
Cumulative exergy analysis of bio-jet fuel in life cycle Boundary and inventory information
On the idea of the higher than energy and exergy analyses of biomass conversion method for bio-jet fuel, this study conjointly carries out the additive exergy analysis of bio-jet fuel to research the resource consumptions within the life cycle. The life cycle of bio-jet fuel includes 3 stages: stuff acquisition, assortment and transportation, and bio-jet fuel production. The resource consumption within the life cycle includes energy resources of biomass, electricity, water, diesel and chemical element. Besides, the non-energy resource chemicals ar thoughtabout, together with oil of vitriol, lime, hydroxide, and methyl alcohol, that were barely taken into consideration within the previous studies. The resource consumption of the cultivation stage of metal is collected supported the average of resource inputs from literature in China, together with fertilizers, farm chemicals, fuel, and electricity consumed for sowing, weeding, irrigation, fertilization, and gather. The weight constant for the allocation of resource consumptions between corn grain and straw is calculated in line with the financial values [10].The weight constant of corn stalk is 0.164 supported the common market costs of corn grain, corn stalk and corn cob, that ar ¥2100, ¥450, and ¥450 per ton, severally. The resource consumed within the bio-jet fuel production stage is predicated on the simulation during this study. The biomass assortment radius is assumed to line as fifteen kilometer supported the biomass assortment model and therefore the scale of bio-jet fuel production (1000 ton bio-jet fuel/a). The info associated with raw materials consumed within the system, like chemicals, diesel, electricity, ar in the main obtained from the imbalance.
Additive resource consumption
The specific additive exergy consumptions (CExCe) of metal is predicated on its chemical exergy, because the extra resource consumptions from the stages of metal acquisition, assortment and transportation are thought-about within the life cycle of bio-jet fuel. The CExCe values of electricity, hydroxide, oil of vitriol, and methyl alcohol ar calculated supported CLCD. The CExCe values of the opposite resource concerned during this study are taken from the literature. Moreover, the additive exergy consumption of electricity is taken into account from non-renewable energy and renewable energy that account for 96.06% and 3.94%, severally, in line with the resource information of CLCD. Apart from biomass and a part of electricity, the opposite input resources ar considered non-renewable resources during this study [11].
Exergy analysis of life cycle
For each system, the CExCt and therefore the indicators of integrated performance are summarized. It are often seen that the CExCt of Case one and Case a pair of are 305.5GJ/FU and 317.6GJ/ FU with identical useful exergy (58.75GJ/FU), severally, indicating that Case one is 3.96% below that of Case a pair of. Consequently, both ψCExC, Jet and ψCExC,s of Case one are some 0.6 and 0.7% points over those of Case a pair of, severally. This suggests that the chemical element input outwardly via standard production has higher performance than that from polymer via steam chemical change within the system. The result’s per the study of biomass quick transformation to transportation fuels. The explanation is that the market chemical element made of gas incorporates higher energy potency than that made from polymer and biomass chemical change inside the system. However, the Ir of Case a pair of is larger than that of Case one that indicates that the renewability of Case a pair of is desirable. The Ir values of each cases ar but one as a result of the yield of bio-jet fuel from biomass via liquid conversion is tiny [12]
Conclusion
Bio-jet production and therefore the life cycle, Case one achieves bigger energy and exergy efficiencies than Case a pair of. However, Case a pair of possesses higher renewability because of the decrease of nonrenewable resource consumption of the chemical element production for the chemical change & upgrading [13]. The decrease of acid and base consumptions and therefore the increase of methyl alcohol recovery rate ar useful for enhancing the additive exergy potency of the system [14]. The recovery utilization of waste heat and waste product from liquid conversion will increase the energy and exergy efficiencies of each case. However, the advance in energy potency is unnoticeably bigger than that of exergy potency, indicating that the recovery energy in the main belongs to the low-quality energy [15].
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Citation: Zhang Y (2022) Analysis of Energy and Exergy for Lignocellulosic Biomass Converted to Bio Jet Fuel Using Water. Oil Gas Res 8: 269.
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