Techno-economic feasibility study of macroalgae for anaerobic digestion

Paul, Roshni and Melville, Lynsey and Bature, Aminu and Sulu, Michael and Suhartini, Sri (2024) Techno-economic feasibility study of macroalgae for anaerobic digestion. Bioresource Technology Reports, 28. p. 101984. ISSN 2589-014X

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Abstract

The techno-economic feasibility of brown macroalgae biomass species Saccharina latissima (S. Latissima) for anaerobic digestion (AD) in North West Europe was investigated in this research. The feasibility of the biomass as a single feedstock and for co-digestion was tested. In the techno economic analysis, AD of S. Latissima as a single digestion feedstock was found to be economically not viable due to the relatively high price of the macroalgae biomass. However, co-digestion with sugar beet — vegetable mix combined with a gate fee of 29 Euros per tonne was found to be economically viable with the macroalgae biomass priced at 50 Euros per tonne.

Item Type:	Article
Identification Number:	10.1016/j.biteb.2024.101984
Dates:	Date Event 21 October 2024 Accepted 26 October 2024 Published Online
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Anaerobic digestion, Techno-economic assessment, Macroalgae, Co-digestion, S. Latissima
Subjects:	CAH10 - engineering and technology > CAH10-01 - engineering > CAH10-01-02 - mechanical engineering CAH10 - engineering and technology > CAH10-03 - materials and technology > CAH10-03-05 - biotechnology
Divisions:	Faculty of Computing, Engineering and the Built Environment > College of Engineering
Depositing User:	Gemma Tonks
Date Deposited:	05 Nov 2024 14:11
Last Modified:	05 Nov 2024 14:11
URI:	https://www.open-access.bcu.ac.uk/id/eprint/15948

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