A Simulation Case Study for Bio-based Hydrogen Production from Hardwood Hemicellulose

Ville Tuppurainen; Jani Kangas; Juha Ahola; Juha Tanskanen; Atte Aho; Henrik Grénman; Dmitry Yu Murzin; Tapio Salmi

doi:10.1016/B978-0-12-823377-1.50290-1

A Simulation Case Study for Bio-based Hydrogen Production from Hardwood Hemicellulose

Ville Tuppurainen, Jani Kangas, Juha Ahola, Juha Tanskanen, Atte Aho, Henrik Grénman, Dmitry Yu Murzin, Tapio Salmi

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A novel bio-based hydrogen production process concept is simulated using Aspen Plus software. In the concept, hemicellulose is first extracted from birch wood using aqueous formic acid (FA). The dilute FA is then decomposed and used synergistically as a source of H₂. The hemicellulose monosaccharides in the dilute aqueous hydrolysate are hydrogenated to their corresponding sugar alcohols, which are further processed to H₂, various alkanes and carbon dioxide using aqueous phase reforming (APR). In addition to H₂ and electricity, cellulose and lignin rich solid wood fraction is produced. However, the case study revealed high heating requirements of dilute aqueous hydrolysate stream to APR reaction temperatures. High degree of APR effluent recycling to the extraction stage is considered, resulting in a relatively high concentration of the required fresh FA stream in the process concept.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Computer Aided Chemical Engineering
Publisher	Elsevier B.V.
Pages	1735-1740
Number of pages	6
ISBN (Electronic)	978-0-12-823378-8
ISBN (Print)	978-0-12-823377-1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-823377-1.50290-1
Publication status	Published - Jan 2020
MoE publication type	A4 Article in a conference publication
Event	30th European Symposium on Computer Aided Process Engineering - Milan, Italy Duration: 24 May 2020 → 27 May 2020 Conference number: 30

Publication series

Name	Computer Aided Chemical Engineering
Volume	48
ISSN (Print)	1570-7946

Conference

Conference	30th European Symposium on Computer Aided Process Engineering
Abbreviated title	ESCAPE)
Country/Territory	Italy
City	Milan
Period	24/05/20 → 27/05/20

Keywords

Aqueous Phase Reforming
Bio-based Hydrogen
Hemicellulose Extraction

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Tuppurainen, V, Kangas, J, Ahola, J, Tanskanen, J, Aho, A , Grénman, H , Murzin, DY & Salmi, T 2020, A Simulation Case Study for Bio-based Hydrogen Production from Hardwood Hemicellulose. in Computer Aided Chemical Engineering. Computer Aided Chemical Engineering, vol. 48, Elsevier B.V., pp. 1735-1740, 30th European Symposium on Computer Aided Process Engineering, Milan, Italy, 24/05/20. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-823377-1.50290-1

A Simulation Case Study for Bio-based Hydrogen Production from Hardwood Hemicellulose. / Tuppurainen, Ville; Kangas, Jani; Ahola, Juha; Tanskanen, Juha; Aho, Atte ; Grénman, Henrik ; Murzin, Dmitry Yu ; Salmi, Tapio.

Computer Aided Chemical Engineering. Elsevier B.V., 2020. p. 1735-1740 (Computer Aided Chemical Engineering; Vol. 48).

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