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© 2017 Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany, part of Springer Nature Acetone, butanol, and ethanol (ABE) is an alternative biofuel. However, the energy requirement of ABE recovery by distillation is considered elevated (> 15.2 MJ fuel/Kg-ABE), due to the low concentration of ABE from fermentation broths (between 15 and 30 g/l). In this work, to reduce the energy requirements of ABE recovery, four processes of heat-integrated distillation were proposed. The energy requirements and economic evaluations were performed using the fermentation broths of several biocatalysts. Energy requirements of the processes with four distillation columns and three distillation columns were similar (between 7.7 and 11.7 MJ fuel/kg-ABE). Double-effect system (DED) with four columns was the most economical process (0.12–0.16 $/kg-ABE). ABE recovery from dilute solutions by DED achieved energy requirements between 6.1 and 8.7 MJ fuel/kg-ABE. Vapor compression distillation (VCD) reached the lowest energy consumptions (between 4.7 and 7.3 MJ fuel/kg-ABE). Energy requirements for ABE recovery DED and VCD were lower than that for integrated reactors. The energy requirements of ABE production were between 1.3- and 2.0-fold higher than that for alternative biofuels (ethanol or isobutanol). However, the energy efficiency of ABE production was equivalent than that for ethanol and isobutanol (between 0.71 and 0.76) because of hydrogen production in ABE fermentation.
Author(s): Grisales Diaz VH, Olivar Tost G
Publication type: Article
Publication status: Published
Journal: Bioprocess and Biosystems Engineering
Year: 2018
Volume: 41
Issue: 3
Pages: 395-405
Print publication date: 01/03/2018
Online publication date: 05/12/2017
Acceptance date: 01/12/2017
Date deposited: 19/02/2018
ISSN (print): 1615-7591
ISSN (electronic): 1615-7605
Publisher: Springer Verlag
URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00449-017-1874-z
DOI: 10.1007/s00449-017-1874-z
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