TY - CHAP
T1 - Techno-economic impacts of using alternative carbon-based feedstocks for the production of methanol
AU - Manalal, James Tonny
AU - Pérez-Fortes, Mar
AU - Ramírez, Andrea Ramírez
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PY - 2024
Y1 - 2024
N2 - Different alternative carbon sources like CO2, biomass and plastic waste, can be used to replace fossil carbon as feedstock in the production of methanol. Based on current literature, the plastic-based methanol route is the most competitive one among the three based on price indicator, but there is still a lack of comprehensive understanding of the techno-economic differences between alternative feedstock technologies. In this study, three technologies from each alternative feedstock were assessed to evaluate the techno-economic trade-offs between them. The research shows that even though currently the plastic-based route is comparatively cost competitive with the conventional route of producing methanol, the CO2-based methanol route can also be competitive with green hydrogen prices in the range of 1400-1100 EUR/t. While the biomass-based route showed superior energy performance compared to the other two.
AB - Different alternative carbon sources like CO2, biomass and plastic waste, can be used to replace fossil carbon as feedstock in the production of methanol. Based on current literature, the plastic-based methanol route is the most competitive one among the three based on price indicator, but there is still a lack of comprehensive understanding of the techno-economic differences between alternative feedstock technologies. In this study, three technologies from each alternative feedstock were assessed to evaluate the techno-economic trade-offs between them. The research shows that even though currently the plastic-based route is comparatively cost competitive with the conventional route of producing methanol, the CO2-based methanol route can also be competitive with green hydrogen prices in the range of 1400-1100 EUR/t. While the biomass-based route showed superior energy performance compared to the other two.
KW - alternative carbon-based methanol
KW - comparative process assessment
KW - ex-ante technology assessment
KW - techno-economic impacts
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85196790267&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/B978-0-443-28824-1.50142-3
DO - 10.1016/B978-0-443-28824-1.50142-3
M3 - Chapter
AN - SCOPUS:85196790267
T3 - Computer Aided Chemical Engineering
SP - 847
EP - 852
BT - Computer Aided Chemical Engineering
PB - Elsevier
ER -