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Techno-Economic Aspects of Biogas Plants

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Farming and forestry residues are predicted to be the main sources of biogas to meet the future feedstock demands. The main constituents of these lignocellulosic feedstocks are cellulose, hemicellulose and lignin. The biological conversion of these feedstocks to biogas suffers from poor yield and slow reactions, and thus, commercial biogas production from lignocelluloses faces with economical infeasibility. The process economy could be enhanced by the application of new pretreatment and digestion technologies. However, the profitability of these new technologies should be evaluated prior to the plant construction phase. Techno-economic analysis includes process development and economic evaluation for such processes. In this chapter, the method for techno-economic analysis including process development and simulation, economic estimations and profitability analysis are presented. Furthermore, the results of techno-economic analysis and the parameters affecting such results are discussed.

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Shafiei, M. (2018). Techno-Economic Aspects of Biogas Plants. In: Tabatabaei, M., Ghanavati, H. (eds) Biogas. Biofuel and Biorefinery Technologies, vol 6. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-77335-3_13

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