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Abstract
The 5-hydroxymethylfurfural is a high-value chemical that can be used as a raw material for the synthesis of biofuels and bioplastics. The use of forest woody residues as a source of biomass reduces the costs and environmental impacts associated with the process. The objective of this study was to optimize the conditions of catalytic hydrothermal synthesis of 5-HMF from the residue of three biomasses, and to carry out a technical-economic assessment of the feasibility of the process on an industrial scale. The materials used were forest woody residues, distilled water, acetic acid (CH3COOH), and niobium oxide (Nb2O5) as a reaction catalyst.The identification and quantification of the 5-HMF yield was monitored by high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC). For the technical-economic assessment, the CAPCOST Estimation Software® was used, which allows estimating the capital and operation costs, as well as the financial indicators of the project. Under optimized conditions, the maximum yield of 5-HMF was 32.6 %, based on dry mass (bdm). The technical-economic assessment (TEA) indicated that the project is economically viable, considering a selling price of 5-HMF of 2.16 dollars/kg. The main financial indicators were CAPEX of 197.83 million dollars, OPEX of 99.78 million dollars, net present value (NPV) of 197.83 million dollars, internal rate of return (IRR) of 44 %, and the payback time of 2.25 years.
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Official Journal of the European Federation of Chemical Engineering:
Part C
FBP aims to be the principal international journal for publication of high quality, original papers in the branches of engineering and science dedicated to the safe processing of biological products. It is the only journal to exploit the synergy between biotechnology, bioprocessing and food engineering.
Papers showing how research results can be used in engineering design, and accounts of experimental or theoretical research work bringing new perspectives to established principles, highlighting unsolved problems or indicating directions for future research, are particularly welcome. Contributions that deal with new developments in equipment or processes and that can be given quantitative expression are encouraged. The journal is especially interested in papers that extend the boundaries of food and bioproducts processing.
The journal has a strong emphasis on the interface between engineering and food or bioproducts. Papers that are not likely to be published are those:
• Primarily concerned with food formulation
• That use experimental design techniques to obtain response surfaces but gain little insight from them
• That are empirical and ignore established mechanistic models, e.g., empirical drying curves
• That are primarily concerned about sensory evaluation and colour
• Concern the extraction, encapsulation and/or antioxidant activity of a specific biological material without providing insight that could be applied to a similar but different material,
• Containing only chemical analyses of biological materials.