Financing: Total Petrochemical
Duration: 2011
Summary: The main objective of the project was to acquire the know-how to assess the feasibility of SRF (solid recovery fuels based on plastic wastes from different origins) gasification for producing a gas for synthesis of bioethanol by fermentation. The feasibility of generation of a gas for CHP and to burn in boilers was also analyzed. The technologies considered for the assessment included those currently available in the market as well as those envisioned to be available in a short or medium term. The work was made in three stages: (i) characterization of various plastic residues; (ii) Selection of gasification technologies; (iii) Techno-economical simulation of alternatives to identify the best scenarios for producing 200,000 Tn/yr of ethanol from mixtures of biomass and plastic residues.