Pre-treatment technologies and their effect on international bioenergy supply chain logistics. Techno-economic evaluation of torrefaction, fast pyrolysis and pelletisation

Published 2008 / 01
Summary Torrefaction is a very promising technology due to its high process efficiency (94%) compared to pelletisation (84%) and pyrolysis (64%). When torrefaction is combined with pelletisation, the product (TOP) energy content is as high as 20.4-22.7 GJ/ton. Fuel production from TOP and conventional pellets is comparable to the current gasoline. Thus, well designed supply chains make international trade of biomass feasible from energy efficiency and economic perspective.
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Keywords torrefaction, pyrolysis, pelletization, biomass, efficiencies, chains, technical, economical
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