Date: Thursday, 27 June 2024
Time: 11:45 - 12:45 CEST
Session code IDV.3
Sustainable biomass production and carbon management for industrial applications. Biomethane production and market deployment. Advanced biofuels industrial applications.
Sustainable Biofuels Via Biomass Gasification and Enhanced Waste Heat Recovery Towards Fossil-Free Aluminium Production
Short Introductive summary
This study evaluates the technical and economic feasibility of integrating a biomass gasification system to produce biofuel within an aluminium melting plant. This work begins with assessing the available biomass energy potential in the industrial site’s region (Switzerland) and modelling the wood supply chain to estimate feedstock’s purchasing and transportation costs. Subsequently, the energy integration between the biomass conversion processes and the aluminium plant is investigated. This involves identifying and analyzing potential sources of waste heat to maximize the exergy conversion embodied in the wood. The energy integration phase includes modelling a biomass gasifier, including different syngas upgrading processes, and furnace technologies capable of utilizing the biofuels produced. An optimization process is solved to choose the right combination of technologies in order to find optimal solutions, in terms of economic and environmental criteria.
Presenter
Lorenzo AIMONE
EPFL Valais Wallis, IPESE (sci-ti-fm)
Presenter's biography
Mechanical Engineer from Italy, currently researcher at the Industrial Process and Energy Systems Engineering (IPESE) research group of EPFL. Passionate about innovation and technology applied to the manufacturing industry, towards its energy transition
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Co-authors:
D. Flórez-Orrego, EPFL Valais Wallis, Sion, SWITZERLAND
D. Dardor, EPFL Valais Wallis, Sion, SWITZERLAND
R. Germanier, Novelis Switzerland, Sierre, SWITZERLAND
F. Maréchal, EPFL Valais Wallis, Sion, SWITZERLAND
Session reference: IDV.3.12