Admissibility Grid to Support the Decision for the Preferential Routing of Portuguese Endogenous Waste Biomass for the Production of Biogas, Advanced Biofuels, Electricity and Heat
Ana T. Crujeira,
Maria A. Trancoso,
Ana Eusébio,
Ana Cristina Oliveira,
Paula C. Passarinho,
Mariana Abreu,
Isabel P. Marques,
Paula A. S. S. Marques,
Susana Marques,
Helena Albergaria,
Filomena Pinto,
Paula Costa,
Rui André,
Francisco Gírio,
Patrícia Moura
Affiliations
Ana T. Crujeira
LNEG—Laboratório Nacional de Energia e Geologia, I.P., Unidade de Bioenergia e Biorrefinarias, Estrada do Paço do Lumiar 22, 1649-038 Lisbon, Portugal
Maria A. Trancoso
LNEG—Laboratório Nacional de Energia e Geologia, I.P., Unidade de Bioenergia e Biorrefinarias, Estrada do Paço do Lumiar 22, 1649-038 Lisbon, Portugal
Ana Eusébio
LNEG—Laboratório Nacional de Energia e Geologia, I.P., Unidade de Bioenergia e Biorrefinarias, Estrada do Paço do Lumiar 22, 1649-038 Lisbon, Portugal
Ana Cristina Oliveira
LNEG—Laboratório Nacional de Energia e Geologia, I.P., Unidade de Bioenergia e Biorrefinarias, Estrada do Paço do Lumiar 22, 1649-038 Lisbon, Portugal
Paula C. Passarinho
LNEG—Laboratório Nacional de Energia e Geologia, I.P., Unidade de Bioenergia e Biorrefinarias, Estrada do Paço do Lumiar 22, 1649-038 Lisbon, Portugal
Mariana Abreu
LNEG—Laboratório Nacional de Energia e Geologia, I.P., Unidade de Bioenergia e Biorrefinarias, Estrada do Paço do Lumiar 22, 1649-038 Lisbon, Portugal
Isabel P. Marques
LNEG—Laboratório Nacional de Energia e Geologia, I.P., Unidade de Bioenergia e Biorrefinarias, Estrada do Paço do Lumiar 22, 1649-038 Lisbon, Portugal
Paula A. S. S. Marques
LNEG—Laboratório Nacional de Energia e Geologia, I.P., Unidade de Bioenergia e Biorrefinarias, Estrada do Paço do Lumiar 22, 1649-038 Lisbon, Portugal
Susana Marques
LNEG—Laboratório Nacional de Energia e Geologia, I.P., Unidade de Bioenergia e Biorrefinarias, Estrada do Paço do Lumiar 22, 1649-038 Lisbon, Portugal
Helena Albergaria
LNEG—Laboratório Nacional de Energia e Geologia, I.P., Unidade de Bioenergia e Biorrefinarias, Estrada do Paço do Lumiar 22, 1649-038 Lisbon, Portugal
Filomena Pinto
LNEG—Laboratório Nacional de Energia e Geologia, I.P., Unidade de Bioenergia e Biorrefinarias, Estrada do Paço do Lumiar 22, 1649-038 Lisbon, Portugal
Paula Costa
LNEG—Laboratório Nacional de Energia e Geologia, I.P., Unidade de Bioenergia e Biorrefinarias, Estrada do Paço do Lumiar 22, 1649-038 Lisbon, Portugal
Rui André
LNEG—Laboratório Nacional de Energia e Geologia, I.P., Unidade de Bioenergia e Biorrefinarias, Estrada do Paço do Lumiar 22, 1649-038 Lisbon, Portugal
Francisco Gírio
LNEG—Laboratório Nacional de Energia e Geologia, I.P., Unidade de Bioenergia e Biorrefinarias, Estrada do Paço do Lumiar 22, 1649-038 Lisbon, Portugal
Patrícia Moura
LNEG—Laboratório Nacional de Energia e Geologia, I.P., Unidade de Bioenergia e Biorrefinarias, Estrada do Paço do Lumiar 22, 1649-038 Lisbon, Portugal
A methodology was developed to assess the allocation of different types of endogenous waste biomass to eight technologies for producing electricity, heat, biogas and advanced biofuels. It was based on the identification of key physicochemical parameters for each conversion process and the definition of limit values for each parameter, applied to two different matrices of waste biomass. This enabled the creation of one Admissibility Grid with target values per type of waste biomass and conversion technology, applicable to a decision process in the routing to energy production. The construction of the grid was based on the evaluation of 24 types of waste biomass, corresponding to 48 sets of samples tested, for which a detailed physicochemical characterization and an admissibility assessment were made. The samples were collected from Municipal Solid Waste treatment facilities, sewage sludges, agro-industrial companies, poultry farms, and pulp and paper industries. The conversion technologies and energy products considered were (trans)esterification to fatty acid methyl esters, anaerobic digestion to methane, fermentation to bioethanol, dark fermentation to biohydrogen, combustion to electricity and heat, gasification to syngas, and pyrolysis and hydrothermal liquefaction to bio-oils. The validation of the Admissibility Grid was based on the determination of conversion rates and product yields over 23 case studies that were selected according to the best combinations of waste biomass type versus technological solution and energy product.
