Title:
Socio-economic Assessment including Feedstock Supply and Marketability Concept of HTC/HTL-Products
Author(s):
Suwelack, K., Kruse, A., Dahmen, N.
Document(s):
Paper
Abstract:
Hydrothermal liquefaction (HTL) and hydrothermal carbonization (HTC) appear to be effective conversion techniques to produce energy dense biofuels and high value bio-chemicals. Both processes avoid the energy penalty of drying the biomass feedstock by processing the whole wet feedstock in hot compressed water. This work presents a socio-economic assessment and a market analysis of different HTL and HTC-biorefineries and also evaluates the appropriateness of different feedstocks qualitatively in this respect. Throughout the analysis the value chain is assessed from cradle-to-gate. The results indicate that the production of bio-products from different feedstocks via hydrothermal conversion processes can have a significant positive social impact depending on the respective conversion process – feedstock combination.
Keywords:
liquefaction, hydrothermal, socio-economic, carbonization, impact assessment, marketability
Topic:
Biomass Policies, Markets and Sustainability
Subtopic:
Resource efficient bioeconomy and social opportunities
Event:
25th European Biomass Conference and Exhibition
Session:
4AV.1.16
Pages:
1550 - 1559
ISBN:
978-88-89407-17-2
Paper DOI:
10.5071/25thEUBCE2017-4AV.1.16
Price:
FREE
