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Optimizing Biomass Conversion Routes for Sustainable Chemical Production.

2024· dissertation· en· W7042419731 on OpenAlexfundno aff

Bibliographic record

VenueSpectrum Research Repository (Concordia University) · 2024
Typedissertation
Languageen
FieldEngineering
TopicProcess Optimization and Integration
Canadian institutionsnot available
FundersNatural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada
KeywordsProduction (economics)Biomass (ecology)Renewable energyFossil fuelResource (disambiguation)AgricultureSustainabilityInvestment (military)Process (computing)
DOInot available

Abstract

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This research focuses on shifting vital chemical production from fossil fuels to renewable alternatives, \nparticularly through biomass-based pathways. Promising methods using agricultural waste show \npotential for sustainable production, contributing to a resilient, resource-conscious future for the \nchemical sector and supporting climate targets through innovative bio-based solutions. The current \nresearch focuses on utilizing bio-based production routes, particularly biochemical pathways \noriginating from agricultural biomass to derive bio-polyethylene. Six production pathways are analyzed \nbase on different pretreatment methods: dilute acid, hot water, ammonia fiber explosion, steam \nexplosion, organic solvent and alkaline. The primary objective is to provide a decision support system \namong the available process options and identify promising integrated production routes based on costs, \nresources, and energy demands inherent in these processes. This evaluation is conducted using mixed�integer linear programming modeling techniques, which enables the selection of technologies from a \nbroader range of production routes and optimizes their integration. The results from this modeling \nindicate that the dilute acid pretreatment production route proves to be the most cost-efficient, followed \nby steam explosion. The findings offer valuable insights into variations in primary resource usage and \nenergy demands based on the pretreatment methods employed to yield the final product. Investment \ncosts associated with each process unit facilitate a comparative economic analysis and highlight avenues \nfor potential cost reduction. This approach aids in assessing the feasibility and advantages of various \nbio-based processes toward industrial production, to be complemented by thorough environmental \nassessment in future work.

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How this classification was reachedexpand

Full frame machine prediction

Teacher imitation

Not calibrated prevalence, not ground truth. Human validation pending. The Gemma side is a direct model label for every work in the frame, read from the title-only record. The Codex side is a classifier learned from the 10,348 direct Codex labels and calibrated to design-weighted sample rates; fields without enough sample support carry no Codex call. Candidate is the union of the two sides; consensus is their intersection. These outputs are machine_predicted_unvalidated and are not human labels.

metaresearch head score (Codex)0.001
metaresearch head score (Gemma)0.001
Version: metacan-v3-hybrid-931329e0061cValidation status: machine_predicted_unvalidated
Candidate categoriesnone
Consensus categoriesnone
DomainCandidate signal: none · Consensus signal: none
Study designCandidate signal: Simulation or modeling · Consensus signal: Simulation or modeling
GenreCandidate signal: Empirical · Consensus signal: none
Teacher disagreement score0.009
Threshold uncertainty score0.031

Distilled classifier scores by category (both heads)

CategoryCodexGemma
Metaresearch0.0010.001
Meta-epidemiology (narrow)0.0010.000
Meta-epidemiology (broad)0.0000.001
Bibliometrics0.0010.001
Science and technology studies0.0000.000
Scholarly communication0.0020.002
Open science0.0010.001
Research integrity0.0010.001
Insufficient payload (model declined to judge)0.0090.003

Machine scores (provisional)

The two teacher heads of the student model, read on this work. A score orders the frame for review; it never asserts a category, and the validation status ships verbatim with every row.

Baseline scores from an immature model (maturity gate not passed, 7 training rounds). Scores rank; they never assert a category.

Opus teacher head0.014
GPT teacher head0.256
Teacher spread0.241 · how far apart the two teachers sit on this one work
Validation statusscore_only:v0-immature-baseline · verbatim from the scoring run: score_only means the number may rank works, and no category label ships from it

Classification

machine, unvalidated

Machine predicted; a candidate call from one source (direct Gemma or distilled Codex), not a consensus.

The models applied no category: nothing in the taxonomy fit this work.
Study designSimulation or modeling
Domainnot available
GenreEmpirical

How this classification was reached, model by model and score by score, is at the end of the page under "How this classification was reached".

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Published2024
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