Dawes, Jacob (2022) Techno-economic evaluation for FDPA, a novel biobased monomer. Integration Project, Industrial Engineering and Management.
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Abstract
Traditional polymer production is under constant scrutiny due to plastic production being one of the main polluters on the planet with their petrochemical feedstocks. Biobased polymers on the other hand, are defined as polymers which can be produced from biomass feedstocks therefore, severing the reliance on petrochemical feedstocks and their destructive effect on our plant. In order to produce these polymers, biobased monomers are required on a large scale. However, research into these biobased molecules is limited and their potential for commercial applications is not yet fully realized. Furan-2,5-dipropionic acid (FDPA) is one such biobased monomer which may have potential to be produced on a large scale to feed the biobased polymer industry in the future. This research aims to discover this potential by calculating an estimate for the production cost, desired profit margin and therefore the selling price of FDPA. To calculate this selling price a synthetic route of FDPA utilizing furfural and levulinic acid feedstocks and sodium carbonate catalyst is selected and a commercial scale process design is produced. From this design an economic evaluation of FDPA is made, calculating the production costs and desired profit of the process to be €5105 and €942 per tonne of FDPA respectively. These values determine a selling price of €6047 per tonne of FDPA produced from the proposed process. From these values, the economic feasibility of FDPA is concluded by comparing the product
| Item Type: | Thesis (Integration Project) |
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| Supervisor name: | Heeres, H.J. and Kloosterman, H. |
| Degree programme: | Industrial Engineering and Management |
| Thesis type: | Integration Project |
| Language: | English |
| Date Deposited: | 19 Jul 2022 06:47 |
| Last Modified: | 19 Jul 2022 06:47 |
| URI: | https://fse.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/27936 |
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