为近期扩大生物工艺的技术经济分析
Tuhin K Poddar1, Corinne D Scown2
1Life-cycle, Economics, and Agronomy Division, Joint BioEnergy Institute, Emeryville, CA 94608, United States; Energy & Biosciences Institute, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, United States.
Current opinion in biotechnology
|January 21, 2025
概括
使用n个植物模型的技术经济分析 (TEA) 对于早期生物工艺扩展不足. 本研究评估了用于生物燃料和生物产品开发中更准确的成本预测的替代方法.
科学领域:
- 生物技术和生物经济
- 化学工程是化学工程的重要组成部分.
- 可持续制造 可持续制造 可持续制造
背景情况:
- 生物经济的增长取决于具有成本竞争力的产品和工艺.
- 技术经济分析 (TEA) 对于评估经济可行性至关重要,通常采用nth的工厂成本和性能参数.
- 对于生物加工的早期规模化决策,第n种工厂方法越来越被认为是不够的.
研究的目的:
- 探索和批判性地评估适用于生物工艺早期扩展的技术经济分析 (TEA) 方法.
- 评估这些方法的适用性,特别是在生物燃料和生物制品领域.
- 推用于产生TEA结果的策略,以有效指导优先级和成功扩展.
主要方法:
- 审查和批判性评价现有的第一种/先驱工厂成本分析方法.
- 对TEA方法的比较分析,以了解它们在早期生物工艺开发中的适用性.
- 评估适用于生物燃料和生物产品的可用性.
主要成果:
- 在TEA中,nth的工厂方法在早期扩展时存在局限性,可能导致滥用.
- 现有的先驱工厂成本分析方法需要进一步的批判性评估和更广泛的采用.
- 特定的TEA策略可以适应,以更好地告知生物经济中早期规模化决策.
结论:
- 标准的TEA方法,特别是第n种工厂方法,不足以指导早期生物工艺扩展.
- 需要针对生物燃料和生物制品行业的先驱和早期设施量身定制的增强TEA方法.
- 采用改进的TEA战略对于降低投资风险和确保生物基产品成功商业化至关重要.
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