Techno-economic assessment of Levulinic Acid Plant from Sorghum Bicolor in Indonesia

2nd International Conference on Oleo and Petrochemical Engineering

Gozan, M.^1 ; Ryan, B.^1 ; Krisnandi, Y.^2

Department of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of Indonesia, Depok

16424, Indonesia^1

Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Science, University of Indonesia, Depok

16424, Indonesia^2

关键词: Alternative energy;    Commodity chemicals;    Economic parameters;    Economic problems;    Internal rate of return;    Low lignin contents;    Production capacity;    Techno-economic assessment;   

Others  :  https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1757-899X/345/1/012012/pdf
DOI  :  10.1088/1757-899X/345/1/012012

来源: IOP

【 摘 要 】

The increasing need of energy is one of the main energy security issues in Indonesia. Hence, alternative energy is needed. Levulinic acid (LA) is among chemical platform used in the synthesis for avariety of high-value materials, such as fuels and commodity chemicals. It is predicted that global LA market demand to reach 3.1 tons in 2016. This study examines industrial processdesign and economic analysis for LA production in Indonesia.Sorghum bicolor was used as feed because of its high cellulose, low lignin contents and availability in Indonesia. The conventional economic problem from biomass based production was diminished sincethe valuable waste from pretreatment processwas sold to otherindustry.This plant was recommended to be built in an industrial estate area in Jawa Timur (East Java) province. Results from simulation using SuperPro Designer 9.0 was used for the techno-economic assessment.The plant assessment showed that the minimum production capacity was 7.7 ton per day to achieve an internal rate of return (IRR) and payback period (PBP) values of 19.61% and 3.93 years, respectively. Sensitivity analysis showed that product selling price was the most predominant factor for IRR, NPV, PBP and ROI. Raw material and water had low effects on those economic parameters. These values indicated that LA plant was feasible to be built in Indonesia.