Design of efficient small-scale biorefineries - The Application of Topological Thermodynamics Using Bore (Cocoyam) as Study Case

This thesis aims to propose a design strategy for small-scale biorefineries using a shortcut method as the thermodynamic-topological analysis. The raw material used in the biorefinery will be the bore (cocoyam), which is a rural raw material with a high potential for the obtainment of added-value products due to the composition of its parts (leaves, stem and tuber). Each of the parts of the plant was characterized and a cocoyam-based biorefinery was proposed. The chosen products (ethanol, lactic acid, starch and feed additive) were produced experimentally at lab-scale in order to validate the values reported in the literature and to achieve a better understanding of the process that would enrich the simulation stage. Then, the thermodynamic-topological analysis was implemented in the proposed biorefinery and both biorefineries (with and without the application of thermodynamic-topological analysis) were assessed in economic, environmental, efficiency and energy-consumption terms. Finally, a strategy for designing small-scale biorefineries based on thermodynamic-topological analysis was proposed (Texto tomado de la fuente)

• Autores: Serna Loaiza, Sebastián
• Fecha de publicación: 2017
• Institución: Universidad Nacional de Colombia
• Repositorio: Universidad Nacional de Colombia
• Idioma: spa
• OAI Identifier: oai:repositorio.unal.edu.co:unal/63402
• Acceso en línea: https://repositorio.unal.edu.co/handle/unal/63402; http://bdigital.unal.edu.co/63727/
• Palabra clave: 66 Ingeniería química y Tecnologías relacionadas/ Chemical engineering; Biorrefinerías; Análisis termodinámico-topológico; Análisis de escala; Bore; Diseño de procesos; Biorefineries; Thermodynamic-topological analysis; Analysis of scale; Cocoyam; Process design
• Rights: openAccess
• License: Atribución-NoComercial 4.0 Internacional