Techno-economic evaluation of a biogas-based oxidative coupling of methane process for ethylene production

作     者：Alberto T.Penteado Mijin Kim Hamid R.Godini Erik Esche Jens-Uwe Repke 

作者机构：Process Dynamics and Operations GroupTechnische Universitat BerlinD-10623 BerlinGermany 

出 版 物：《Frontiers of Chemical Science and Engineering》 (化学科学与工程前沿（英文版）)

年 卷 期：2018年第12卷第4期

页      面：598-618页

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学科分类：0817[工学-化学工程与技术] 08[工学] 

基　　金：support from the group of Biological Treatment of Residuary Waters from Maua Institute of Technology led by Prof. Dr. Jose Alberto Domingues Rodrigues for providing data on the biogas production rates and composition Alberto T. Penteado acknowledges the funding from CAPES/Brazil Financial support from the Cluster of Excellence Unifying Concepts in Catalysis by the German Research Foundation the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research 

主　　题：biogas conversion ethylene production oxidative coupling of methane feasibility study 

摘      要：This contribution is a preliminary techno-economic assessment of a biogas-based oxidative coupling of methane (OCM) process. Biogas is frequently utilized as a renewable energy source within small scale combined heat and power plants or as a natural gas substitute. The activation of methane also enables its utilization as a feedstock to produce chemicals. In this sense, the OCM process allows for the direct conversion of methane into ethylene, which is a major building block for the chemical and polymer industries. Biogas resulting from the anaerobic digestion of vinasse, a liquid effluent from bioethanol industry, is treated for contaminant removal and its methane content is converted into ethylene, which is then purified as the main product. The biogas cleaning process is assessed based on literature data, while an experimentally validated simulation model is used to assess the OCM process. A techno-economic evaluation is then performed through a Monte Carlo simulation, wherein uncertain parameters take random values between reasonable bounds. The net present value results positive in 74% of the cases, indicating that the project is profitable under a wide range of scenarios. Some performance improvement opportunities have been identified and highlighted to guide future studies in the topic.