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Li H, Wu J, Jiang Z, Ma J, Zavala VM, Landis CR, Mavrikakis M, Huber GW. Hydroformylation of pyrolysis oils to aldehydes and alcohols from polyolefin waste. Science 2023; 381:660-666. [PMID: 37561862 DOI: 10.1126/science.adh1853] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/15/2023] [Accepted: 06/15/2023] [Indexed: 08/12/2023]
Abstract
Waste plastics are an abundant feedstock for the production of renewable chemicals. Pyrolysis of waste plastics produces pyrolysis oils with high concentrations of olefins (>50 weight %). The traditional petrochemical industry uses several energy-intensive steps to produce olefins from fossil feedstocks such as naphtha, natural gas, and crude oil. In this work, we demonstrate that pyrolysis oil can be used to produce aldehydes through hydroformylation, taking advantage of the olefin functionality. These aldehydes can then be reduced to mono- and dialcohols, oxidized to mono- and dicarboxylic acids, or aminated to mono- and diamines by using homogeneous and heterogeneous catalysis. This route produces high-value oxygenated chemicals from low-value postconsumer recycled polyethylene. We project that the chemicals produced by this route could lower greenhouse gas emissions ~60% compared with their production through petroleum feedstocks.
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Affiliation(s)
- Houqian Li
- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53706, USA
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- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53706, USA
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- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53706, USA
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- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53706, USA
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- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53706, USA
- Mathematics and Computer Science Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, IL 60439, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53706, USA
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- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53706, USA
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- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53706, USA
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Coordinated markets for furfural and levulinic acid from residual biomass: A case study in Guanajuato, Mexico. Comput Chem Eng 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.compchemeng.2021.107568] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Liu B, Yuan Z. Multistage Distributionally Robust Design of a Renewable Source Processing Network under Uncertainty. Ind Eng Chem Res 2021. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.iecr.1c00446] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
Affiliation(s)
- Botong Liu
- The State Key Laboratory of Chemical Engineering, Department of Chemical Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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- The State Key Laboratory of Chemical Engineering, Department of Chemical Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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Domínguez-García S, Gutiérrez-Antonio C, De Lira-Flores JA, Ponce-Ortega JM, El-Halwagi MM. Strategic Planning for the Supply Chain of Aviation Biofuel with Consideration of Hydrogen Production. Ind Eng Chem Res 2017. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.iecr.7b02632] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Saúl Domínguez-García
- Chemical
Engineering Department, Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo, Morelia, Michoacán 58060, México
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- Chemical
Engineering Department, Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo, Morelia, Michoacán 58060, México
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- Chemical Engineering Department, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843, United States
- Adjunct
Faculty at the Chemical and Materials Engineering Department, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah 21589, Saudi Arabia
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Gargalo CL, Carvalho A, Gernaey KV, Sin G. Supply Chain Optimization of Integrated Glycerol Biorefinery: GlyThink Model Development and Application. Ind Eng Chem Res 2017. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.iecr.7b00908] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Carina L. Gargalo
- Process
and Systems Engineering Center (PROSYS), Department of Chemical and
Biochemical Engineering, Technical University of Denmark, Building
229, Lyngby 2800, Denmark
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- CEG-IST,
Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa, Av. Rovisco
Pais, 1, Lisboa 1049-001, Portugal
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- Process
and Systems Engineering Center (PROSYS), Department of Chemical and
Biochemical Engineering, Technical University of Denmark, Building
229, Lyngby 2800, Denmark
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- Process
and Systems Engineering Center (PROSYS), Department of Chemical and
Biochemical Engineering, Technical University of Denmark, Building
229, Lyngby 2800, Denmark
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Li Q, Hu G. Techno-economic analysis of biofuel production considering logistic configurations. BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY 2016; 206:195-203. [PMID: 26859327 DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2016.01.101] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/18/2015] [Revised: 01/26/2016] [Accepted: 01/27/2016] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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In the study, a techno-economic analysis method considering logistic configurations is proposed. The economic feasibility of a low temperature biomass gasification pathway and an integrated pathway with fast pyrolysis and bio-oil gasification are evaluated and compared with the proposed method in Iowa. The results show that both pathways are profitable, biomass gasification pathway could achieve an Internal Rate of Return (IRR) of 10.00% by building a single biorefinery and integrated bio-oil gasification pathway could achieve an IRR of 3.32% by applying decentralized supply chain structure. A Monte-Carlo simulation considering interactions among parameters is also proposed and conducted, which indicates that both pathways are at high risk currently.
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- Qi Li
- Industrial and Manufacturing Systems Engineering, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011, USA
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- Industrial and Manufacturing Systems Engineering, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011, USA; Bioeconomy Institute, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011, USA.
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