Techno-Economic-Environmental Analysis of Sustainable Anionic Biosurfactant Production from Palm Fatty Acid Distillate
Chanapol Charoentanaworakun, Suttichai Assabumrungrat, Apinan Soottitantawat · 2023
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Description
Soap-like chemicals made from plants could replace petroleum surfactants, and palm oil leftovers are a tempting feedstock. Chanapol Charoentanaworakun and co-authors simulate four production routes for biosurfactants from palm fatty acid distillate. They design the plants in process software, price each route by its minimum selling price, and score the environmental footprint.
Three of the four routes beat doing nothing financially. One, methyl ester sulfonate, posted the best net present value at about thirteen million dollars. Another paid back fastest, in about a year and a half. One route, though, emitted more carbon dioxide per ton than the petroleum benchmark. The 2023 analysis maps where green chemistry also makes business sense.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Chanapol Charoentanaworakun, Suttichai Assabumrungrat, Apinan Soottitantawat |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2023 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 40 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |