Journal
BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY
Volume 323, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2020.124565
Keywords
Crude glycerol; Economic evaluation; Biodiesel; Polyhydroxy-butyrate (PHB)
Funding
- Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada [A4984]
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By conducting energy balance and economic assessment of crude glycerol valorization for B10 biodiesel and polyhydroxy-butyrate (PHB) production, it was found that producing B10 biodiesel is more economically favorable than PHB production when utilizing crude glycerol as substrate.
Crude glycerol, a by-product of biodiesel industry, has been used for production of biodiesel and polyhydroxyalkanoates. But question is: which product is economically favorable using crude glycerol as substrate? In this study, energy balance and economic assessment has been carried out for crude glycerol valorization for B10 biodiesel and polyhydroxy-butyrate (PHB) production. For same quantity of crude glycerol utilized, energy ratio for B10 production was higher than PHB production while unit production cost for B10 was lower than that of PHB. For 50 million L plant capacity of biodiesel, unit production cost was 0.77 $/L B10 while for 2 million kg plant capacity of PHB, unit production cost was 4.88 $/kg PHB. Thus, in present scenario production of biodiesel seems economically better than production of PHA with crude glycerol as raw material. This study is useful for researchers, environmental scientists and industries in identifying effective route for crude glycerol valorization.
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