Techno-economic assessment of wine industry residue valorization: Distillation to bioethanol vs. Hydrothermal liquefaction to biofuels

Master Thesis (2025)
Author(s)

R. MARTIN ARROYO (TU Delft - Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science)

Contributor(s)

Luis Cutz – Mentor (TU Delft - Large Scale Energy Storage)

W. de Jong – Mentor (TU Delft - Large Scale Energy Storage)

M. Ramdin – Mentor (TU Delft - Engineering Thermodynamics)

Iñaki Isasi – Mentor

Faculty
Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science
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Publication Year
2025
Language
English
Graduation Date
28-11-2025
Awarding Institution
Delft University of Technology
Programme
Electrical Engineering, Sustainable Energy Technology
Faculty
Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science
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Abstract

The present work investigates the valorization of wine industry residues through the production of advanced biofuels, focusing on grape pomace as a representative lignocellulosic feedstock. The study aims to assess the technical and economic feasibility of converting this residue into liquid fuels via hydrothermal liquefaction (HTL)and to compareits performance against the bioethanol basedpathway currently implemented by Destilerías y Biorefinerías Zambrana, S.A. in the Basque Country.

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