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Illustrations of the Synergy Between Thermodynamics and Chemical Reaction into the Triptych “Bioproducts-Bioenergy-Water”

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The growing need for food and energy around the world, as well as the impending water stress due to global warming exacerbated by increasing anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions, makes sound solutions for sustainable development essential. An alternative is the concept of polygeneration which, based on process intensification, makes it possible to simultaneously obtain several products, chemical or energy, from a single source, preferably renewable. This work aims to highlight the synergy between thermodynamics and chemical reaction in a polygeneration model “bioproducts-bioenergy-water (BBW)” whose two building blocks are illustrated, i.e., (i) solar desalination with power and hydrogen production as well as brine valorization and (ii) production of bioenergy (biodiesel-2G) and bioproducts (biolubricants) based on green circular economy. It is shown that scientific and technological building blocks where thermodynamics and chemical reaction successfully operate in synergy for enhancing process intensification are available to implement the triptych “BBW” that would secure the supply of vital human needs and thus preserve global stability.

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Abbreviations

2E1H:

2-Ethyl-1-hexanol

2G:

Second generation

3G:

Third generation

3E :

Eco-design, eco-material, eco-energy

BioEt:

Bioethanol

CPA:

Cubic-Plus-Association

CSP:

Concentrating solar power

EB:

Ethyl butanoate

EoS:

Equation of state

GCA:

Group contribution with association

GDP:

Gross domestic product

HTF:

Heat transfer fluid

IP:

Isopentane, also designated R601a in the refrigerant list by IUPAC

IMSO:

Indian mustard seed oil

IMSOEEs:

Indian mustard seed oil ethyl esters

IMSO2E1HEs:

Indian mustard seed oil 2-ethyl-1-hexanol esters

LTMED:

Low-temperature multi-effect distillation

ORC:

Organic Rankine cycle

PTC:

Parabolic trough collector

RO:

Reverse osmosis

RC:

Rankine cycle

Sc:

Supercritical

TG:

Triglycerides

UMR-PR:

Universal Mixing Rule-Peng-Robinson

UNIFAC:

UNIversal Functional Activity Coefficient

VLE:

Vapor–liquid equilibria

\(AAD_{i} (x)\) :

Average absolute deviation between experimental and calculated property x of component i

\(AAD_{k} (x)\) :

Average absolute deviation between experimental and calculated property x of dataset k

\(\dot{E}x_{d}\) :

Exergy destruction rate occurring inside the considered system

\(\overline{E}x_{k}\) :

Mass exergy of the fluid flowing in stream k

\(\overline{H}_{k}\) :

Mass enthalpy of the fluid flowing in stream k

\(\dot{m}_{k}\) :

Mass flowrate of the fluid flowing in stream k

P :

Pressure

\(\dot{Q}_{k}\) :

Thermal power provided to (or generated by) unit k

R :

Ideal gas constant

R c R :

Recovery ratio

\(\overline{S}_{k}\) :

Mass entropy of the fluid flowing in stream k

SMR :

Stream mass ratio

T :

Temperature

\(T_{ref}\) :

Reference temperature (293.15 K)

\(\dot{W}_{k}\) :

Mechanical power provided to (or generated by) unit k

x :

Liquid mole fraction

y :

Vapor mole fraction

\(\Delta x_{i}\) :

Deviation between the experimental and calculated property x of component i

η :

Turbine (or pump) isentropic efficiency

η ORC :

Thermal efficiency of the ORC

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The author would like to express his deepest thanks to the following researchers for their fruitful collaborations that led to papers on which this work is partly built: Olga Ferreira, Simão P. Pinho (Mountain Research Center - CIMO, Polytechnic Institute of Bragança, 5301-855 Bragança, Portugal), Graeme Rapp, Richard Trethowan (The University of Sydney, Plant Breeding Institute, I.A. Watson International Grains Research Centre, PO Box 219, Narrabri, NSW 2390, Australia), Hadrien Jaubert, Pierrette Guichardon (Aix Marseille Université, CNRS, Centrale Marseille, M2P2 UMR 7340, Pôle de l’Etoile, Technopôle de Château-Gombert, 38 rue Frédéric Joliot-Curie, 13451 Marseille, France), Patrice Pignat (PIGNAT SAS, 6, rue Calmette, 67740 Genas, France), Frédéric Roze, Jean-Noël Jaubert and Jean-François Portha (Université de Lorraine - ENSIC, Laboratoire Réactions et Génie des Procédés (UMR CNRS 7274), 1 rue Grandville, 54000 Nancy, France)

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Coniglio, L. Illustrations of the Synergy Between Thermodynamics and Chemical Reaction into the Triptych “Bioproducts-Bioenergy-Water”. J Solution Chem 53, 571–593 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10953-023-01305-z

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