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Bio-butanol vs. bio-ethanol: A technical and economic assessment for corn and switchgrass fermented by yeast or Clostridium acetobutylicum
dc.contributor.author | Pfromm, Peter H. | |
dc.contributor.author | Amanor-Boadu, Vincent | |
dc.contributor.author | Nelson, Richard | |
dc.contributor.author | Vadlani, Praveen | |
dc.contributor.author | Madl, Ronald | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2022-11-21T16:07:30Z | |
dc.date.available | 2022-11-21T16:07:30Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2010-04 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Peter H. Pfromm, Vincent Amanor-Boadu, Richard Nelson, Praveen Vadlani, and Ronald Madl. 2010. Bio-butanol vs. bio-ethanol: A technical and economic assessment for corn and switchgrass fermented by yeast or Clostridium acetobutylicum, Biomass and Bioenergy 34(4): 515-524. | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1808/33674 | |
dc.description.abstract | Fermentation-derived butanol is a possible alternative to ethanol as a fungible biomass-based liquid transportation fuel. We compare the fermentation-based production of n-butanol vs. ethanol from corn or switchgrass through the liquid fuel yield in terms of the lower heating value (LHV). Industrial scale data on fermentation to n-butanol (ABE fermentation) or ethanol (yeast) establishes a baseline at this time, and puts recent advances in fermentation to butanol in perspective. A dynamic simulation demonstrates the technical, economic and policy implications.The energy yield of n-butanol is about half that of ethanol from corn or switchgrass using current ABE technology. This is a serious disadvantage for n-butanol since feedstock costs are a significant portion of the fuel price. Low yield increases n-butanol's life-cycle greenhouse gas emission for the same amount of LHV compared to ethanol. A given fermenter volume can produce only about one quarter of the LHV as n-butanol per unit time compared to ethanol. This increases capital costs. The sometimes touted advantage of n-butanol being more compatible with existing pipelines is, according to our techno-economic simulations insufficient to alter the conclusion because of the capital costs to connect plants via pipeline. | en_US |
dc.publisher | Biomass and Bioenergy | en_US |
dc.relation.isversionof | https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0961953409002645 | en_US |
dc.title | Bio-butanol vs. bio-ethanol: A technical and economic assessment for corn and switchgrass fermented by yeast or Clostridium acetobutylicum | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1016/j.biombioe.2009.12.017 | en_US |
dc.identifier.orcid | https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4226-7489 | en_US |
kusw.oaversion | Scholarly/refereed, publisher version | en_US |
kusw.oapolicy | This item meets KU Open Access policy criteria. | en_US |
dc.rights.accessrights | openAccess | en_US |
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