Energy and Material Flows and Carbon Footprint Assessment Concerning the Production of HMF and Furfural from a Cellulosic Biomass
Hannes Schöppe, Peter Kleine‐Möllhoff, Rolf Epple
Abstract
5-hydroxymethyl-furfural (HMF) and furfural are interesting as potential platform chemicals for a bio-based chemical production economy. Within the scope of this work, the process routes under technical development for the production of these platform chemicals were investigated. For two selected processes, the material and energy flows, as well as the carbon footprint, were examined in detail. The possible production process optimizations, further development potentials, and the research demand against the background of the reduction of the primary energy expenditure were worked out.
Topics & Concepts
Cellulosic ethanolFurfuralCarbon footprintProduction (economics)Biomass (ecology)Environmental scienceWork (physics)Carbon fibersRaw materialPulp and paper industryScope (computer science)Process engineeringWaste managementBiochemical engineeringChemistryEngineeringCelluloseComputer scienceChemical engineeringGreenhouse gasEconomicsOrganic chemistryGeologyAlgorithmMechanical engineeringComposite numberEcologyProgramming languageCatalysisMacroeconomicsBiologyOceanographyCatalysis for Biomass ConversionBiofuel production and bioconversionMicrobial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction