Supply Chain Sustainability Analysis of Three Biofuel Pathways

Jacob J. Jacobson ; Erin Searcy ; Kara Cafferty ; Jennifer B. Dunn ; Michael Johnson ; Zhichao Wang ; Michael Wang ; Mary Biddy ; Abhijit Dutta ; Daniel Inman ; Eric Tan ; Sue Jones ; Lesley Snowden-Swan

关键词: Biochemical;    Gasificatoin;    Pyrolysis Pathways Biof;   

DOI  :  10.2172/1149014
RP-ID  :  INL/EXT-14-31834
PID  :  OSTI ID: 1149014

学科分类：燃料技术

美国|英语

来源: SciTech Connect

【 摘 要 】

The Department of Energy???s (DOE) Bioenergy Technologies Office (BETO) collaborates with industrial, agricultural, and non-profit partners to develop and deploy biofuels and other biologically-derived products. As part of this effort, BETO and its national laboratory teams conduct in-depth techno-economic assessments (TEA) of technologies to produce biofuels as part state of technology (SOT) analyses. An SOT assesses progress within and across relevant technology areas based on actual experimental results relative to technical targets and cost goals from design cases and includes technical, economic, and environmental criteria as available. Overall assessments of biofuel pathways begin with feedstock production and the logistics of transporting the feedstock from the farm or plantation to the conversion facility or biorefinery. The conversion process itself is modeled in detail as part of the SOT analysis. The teams then develop an estimate of the biofuel minimum selling price (MSP) and assess the cost competitiveness of the biofuel with conventional fuels such as gasoline.