Conceptual Process Design and Techno-Economic Assessment of Ex Situ Catalytic Fast Pyrolysis of Biomass: A Fixed Bed Reactor Implementation Scenario for Future Feasibility

Topics in Catalysis

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 2-18

  Dutta, Abhijit ^a   Schaidle, Joshua A ^a   Humbird, David ^b   Baddour, Frederick G ^a   Sahir, Asad ^a  

^a NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY   (United States)

^b DWH Process Consulting   (United States)

Author keywords

Aspen Plus; Biofuel; Ex situ catalytic fast pyrolysis; Fixed bed reactor; Hot gas filter; Process design; Techno economic assessment; Vapor phase upgrading

Indexed keywords

BIOFUELS; BIOMASS; BLENDING; CARBON; CATALYSTS; CHEMICAL REACTORS; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COSTS; DESIGN; ECONOMICS; FUELS; HYDROCARBONS; HYDROCRACKING; PROCESS DESIGN; PYROLYSIS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ASPEN PLUS; FAST PYROLYSIS; FIXED BED REACTOR; HOT GAS; TECHNO-ECONOMIC ASSESSMENT; VAPOR PHASE;

FLUIDIZED BEDS;

EID: 84953432058     PISSN: 10225528     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11244-015-0500-z     Document Type: Article

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