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Techno-economic analysis of a grape pomace biorefinery: Production of seed oil, polyphenols, and biochar
- Source :
- Food and Bioproducts Processing. 127:139-151
- Publication Year :
- 2021
- Publisher :
- Elsevier BV, 2021.
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Abstract
- Processing grape pomace (GP), a major waste from the wine industry, into multiple value-added products based on the biorefinery concept has a potential to reduce waste disposal and promote a sustainable bioeconomy. However, its economic feasibility at a commercial scale remains unknown. The present study aims to evaluate the economics of a biorefinery process of GP, by performing comparative techno-economic analysis of three processing scenarios: (1) a whole biorefinery process that fully utilizes GP biomass and produces grape seed oil, polyphenols, and biochar (GSO + GSKP + GB), (2) a process that produces grape seed oil and polyphenols (GSO + GSKP), and (3) a process that produces only grape seed oil (GSO). A plant capacity of about 33,000 metric tons/year was considered in the analysis. Among the three scenarios, the whole biorefinery process (GSO + GSKP + GB) showed the highest economic performance with the net present value (NPV), internal rate of return (IRR), and payback period of 111.7 million US-$, 34.3%, and 2.5 years, respectively, due to the diverse revenues and minimized waste disposal cost. The GSO plant showed the lowest economic performance with a negative NPV. Sensitivity analysis revealed that plant capacity, polyphenol price, polyphenol concentration (percentage) in grape pomace, and biochar price had dominating influences on the economic performance of the biorefinery process.
- Subjects :
- 0106 biological sciences
Payback period
food.ingredient
General Chemical Engineering
Pomace
Biomass
Internal rate of return
04 agricultural and veterinary sciences
Pulp and paper industry
Biorefinery
040401 food science
01 natural sciences
Biochemistry
Grape seed oil
0404 agricultural biotechnology
food
010608 biotechnology
Biochar
Environmental science
Food Science
Biotechnology
Waste disposal
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Details
- ISSN :
- 09603085
- Volume :
- 127
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Food and Bioproducts Processing
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi...........f349edad33c2147fb1905f6d6e5e76df