Source: SNF (National Resource Programme NRP 66)
Partner: EPFL, ETHZ
Duration: 2012 – 2016 (55 months)
External website: http://www.nfp66.ch/en/projects/dialogue-field-2-novel-ways-in-bio-refining-wood/project-marechal
Abstract:
Bio-refineries offer the timber industry numerous ways to turn biomass into valuable products. Due to its composition and complex chemical structure, wood can be used to make a large number of value-added products. A great challenge is the design of each bio-refinery. The project aimed to holistically assess, integrate and optimise innovative processes and conversion technologies in different biorefinery system designs. The aim of the research project is to give a technological guidance to the decision makers in industry and politics, on the suitability of technology from market and environmental perspectives. Therefore, different biorefinery technologies were investigated with respect to their environmental, economic and safety perspective considering the process system engineering dimension and the possibilities of developing synergies between technologies used in an integrated biorefinery. The process integration and optimization of sugar and syngas platforms helped in improving economy of production and lowering the environmental burden of conversion of wood into fuels, chemicals and energy services. The framework developed includes a data base of bio-refinery processes supported by optimization based decision support algorithms.
Contact persons: Shivom Sharma ([email protected]), A.V. Ensinas ([email protected])
Publication List:
Robust multi-objective optimization of solid oxide fuel cell–gas turbine hybrid cycle and uncertainty analysis
F. Maréchal; S. Sharma
Journal of Electrochemical Energy Conversion & Storage. 2018. Vol. 15, num. 4, p. 041007. DOI : 10.1115/1.4039944. Integrated multi-objective differential evolution and its application to amine absorption process for natural gas sweetening
S. Sharma; G. P. Rangaiah; F. Maréchal
Multi-Objective Optimization: Techniques and Applications in Chemical Engineering; World Scientific, 2017. p. 533–560. Multi-Objective Optimization Programs and their Application to Amine Absorption Process Design for Natural Gas Sweetening
S. Sharma; G. P. Rangaiah; F. Maréchal
Multi-objective Optimization: Techniques and Applications in Chemical Engineering; Singapore: World Scientific, 2017. p. 533–560. Robust multi-objective optimization of gasifier and solid oxide fuel cell plant for electricity production using wood
S. Sharma; A. D. Celebi; F. Marechal
Energy. 2017. Vol. 137, p. 811-822. DOI : 10.1016/j.energy.2017.04.146. Economical Analysis of a Pressurized Fluid-Based Process Applied for Phytochemicals Recovery in a Sustainable Biorefinery Concept for Brazilian Ginseng Roots
J. Albarelli; R. Vardanega; N. Wilkins; D. T. Santos; F. Marechal et al.
2016. 2nd International Conference on Biomass (IConBM), Taormina, ITALY, JUN 19-22, 2016. p. 355-360. DOI : 10.3303/Cet1650060. Multi-objective optimization of SNG production from microalgae through hydrothermal gasification
A. Mian; F. Maréchal; A. Viana Ensinas
Computers and Chemical Engineering. 2015. Vol. 76, p. 170-183. DOI : 10.1016/j.compchemeng.2015.01.013. Optimum Biorefinery Pathways Selection Using the Integer-Cuts Constraint Method Applied to a MILP Problem
S. Maronese; A. V. Ensinas; A. Mian; A. Lazzaretto; F. Marechal
Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research. 2015. Vol. 54, num. 28, p. 7038-7046. DOI : 10.1021/acs.iecr.5b01439. Thermo-Economic Optimisation of Integrated Ethanol and Methanol Production in the Sugarcane Industry
J. Q. Albarelli; S. Onorati; P. Caliandro; E. Peduzzi; F. Marechal et al.
2014. 17th Conference on Process Integration, Modelling and Optimisation for Energy Saving and Pollution Reduction (PRES 2014), Prague, Czech Republic, 23–27 August 2014. p. 1741-1746. DOI : 10.3303/Cet1439291.
