Abstract
The growing interest in power-to-methanol (PtM) in policy, industry and academia illustrates the need for studies assessing the concept's potential in the context of energy transition. Although there are already studies, which evaluate PtM in a generic way, application-specific analyzes for refineries considering the option of further jet fuel synthesis are lacking. This study provides a unique assessment of the techno-economic feasibility and the environmental impacts of PtM plants at refineries as a precursor to green jet fuel production. The utilization of the flue gas of a single refinery, the Heide refinery, is sufficient for the production of 415,095 tMeOH/y. As methanol production via PtM avoids 2.50 kgCO2eq/kg compared to conventional methanol, it is favorable in terms of greenhouse gas emissions. However, net production costs are 2.9-4.6 times higher than the market price. Subsequent jet fuel synthesis allows a production of at least 83 ktJet/y on basis of the refinery's flue gas.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 1453-1458 |
Number of pages | 6 |
Journal | Computer aided chemical engineering |
Volume | 48 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Jan 2020 |
Externally published | Yes |
Event | 30th European Symposium on Computer Aided Process Engineering, ESCAPE 2020 - Milan, Italy Duration: 24 May 2020 → 27 May 2020 Conference number: 30 |
Keywords
- n/a OA procedure
- jet fuel
- power-to-methanol
- refinery
- CO utilization