Premium
Techno‐Economic Analysis for Production of L ‐Arabitol from L ‐Arabinose
Author(s) -
Murzin Dmitry Yu.,
Daigue Emilien,
Slotte Robert,
Sladkovskiy Dmitry A.,
Salmi Tapio
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
chemical engineering and technology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.403
H-Index - 81
eISSN - 1521-4125
pISSN - 0930-7516
DOI - 10.1002/ceat.202000125
Subject(s) - arabitol , raw material , arabinose , pulp and paper industry , hydrogen production , chemistry , biomass (ecology) , hemicellulose , lignocellulosic biomass , waste management , hydrolysis , organic chemistry , catalysis , xylose , engineering , fermentation , xylitol , agronomy , biology
The process design for synthesis of arabitol by hydrogenation of arabinose on a supported ruthenium catalyst is described. Aspen HYSYS software was used to design an arabitol production plant for subsequent generation of hydrogen through aqueous phase reforming (APR). The process design included hydrogen recycling requiring a flash drum and recompression. The total costs of arabitol were estimated to be substantially dependent on the feedstock costs and are closely related to arabinose feed cost. Feasible production of hydrogen using APR requires efficient extraction of hemicellulose from lignocellulosic biomass and subsequent hydrolysis.