Journal
BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY
Volume 243, Issue -, Pages 611-619Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2017.06.172
Keywords
Methanol from waste; RdF; Municipal solid waste; Waste-to-methanol process
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- Kinetics Technology s.p.a.
- Maire Tecnimont Group
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The waste-to-methanol (WtM) process and related economics are assessed to evidence that WtM is a valuable solution both from economic, strategic and environmental perspectives. Bio-methanol from Refuse-derived-fuels (RdF) has an estimated cost of production of about 110 (sic)/t for a new WtM 300 t/d plant. With respect to waste-to-energy (WtE) approach, this solution allows various advantages. In considering the average market cost of methanol and the premium as biofuel, the WtM approach results in a ROI (Return of Investment) of about 29%, e.g. a payback time of about 4 years. In a hybrid scheme of integration with an existing methanol plant from natural gas, the cost of production becomes a profit even without considering the cap for bio-methanol production. The WtM process allows to produce methanol with about 40% and 30-35% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions with respect to methanol production from fossil fuels and bio-resources, respectively. (C) 2017 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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