LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT AND TECHNO-ECONOMIC ANALYSIS OF PRODUCING AMMONIA BY ALGAL BIOMASS GASIFICATION

LIAO Chengfeng; LIU Yuchen; TANG Yuting; TANG Jiehong; MA Xiaoqian

doi:10.13205/j.hjgc.202305025

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LIAO Chengfeng, LIU Yuchen, TANG Yuting, TANG Jiehong, MA Xiaoqian. LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT AND TECHNO-ECONOMIC ANALYSIS OF PRODUCING AMMONIA BY ALGAL BIOMASS GASIFICATION[J]. ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING , 2023, 41(5): 187-194. doi: 10.13205/j.hjgc.202305025

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LIAO Chengfeng, LIU Yuchen, TANG Yuting, TANG Jiehong, MA Xiaoqian. LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT AND TECHNO-ECONOMIC ANALYSIS OF PRODUCING AMMONIA BY ALGAL BIOMASS GASIFICATION[J]. ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING , 2023, 41(5): 187-194. doi: 10.13205/j.hjgc.202305025

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LIAO Chengfeng, LIU Yuchen, TANG Yuting, TANG Jiehong, MA Xiaoqian. LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT AND TECHNO-ECONOMIC ANALYSIS OF PRODUCING AMMONIA BY ALGAL BIOMASS GASIFICATION[J]. ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING , 2023, 41(5): 187-194. doi: 10.13205/j.hjgc.202305025

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LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT AND TECHNO-ECONOMIC ANALYSIS OF PRODUCING AMMONIA BY ALGAL BIOMASS GASIFICATION

doi: 10.13205/j.hjgc.202305025

Guangdong Key Laboratory of Efficient and Clean Utilization of Energy, School of Electric Power, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510640, China

Received Date: 2022-09-15

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Producing ammonia by biomass gasification is one of the important ways to alleviate energy shortage and achieve sustainable development. In order to explore the environmental and economic performance of ammonia production by algal biomass gasification, this paper used life cycle assessment (LCA) and techno-economic analysis methods to analyze the energy consumption, environmental impacts and economic performance of four ammonia production routes, including supercritical water gasification and plasma gasification to produce hydrogen, chemical chain air separation and cryogenic air separation to produce nitrogen, and Haber-Bosch (H-B) process to produce ammonia. The results showed that in terms of the total environmental impacts, the best eco-friendly route was supercritical water gasification to produce hydrogen & deep-cooled air separation to produce nitrogen & H-B process to produce ammonia, of which the total environmental impacts potential was 36001.9 mPE. Although plasma gasification required pre-drying of the material, but the production cost of liquid ammonia per ton when adopting plasma gasification was lower than adopting supercritical water gasification. The most economic route was plasma gasification to produce hydrogen & chemical chain air separation to produce nitrogen & H-B process to produce ammonia, of which the production cost of liquid ammonia per ton was 5891.67 CNY. The process of microalgae gasification to produce ammonia was more eco-friendly than the traditional ammonia production processes, but it is still necessary to improve the equipment and technology to increase the ammonia yield and reduce the production cost.
- life cycle assessment,
- supercritical water gasification,
- plasma gasification,
- technical and economic analyses

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