Integrated process for simultaneous production of jet fuel range alkenes and N-methylformanilide using biomass-derived gamma-valerolactone

An integrated process is developed for co-producing jet fuel range alkenes (JFA) and N-methylformanilide (NMF) using biomass-derived gamma-valerolactone (GVL). Based on lab-scale experiments, a commercial-scale process is designed, consisting of catalytic conversion (biomass-to-GVL, GVL-to-JFA, and CO2-to-NMF) and separation subsystems (to capture CO2 from flue gases and recover GVL, JFA, and NMF). Energy efficiency analysis shows that the integrated process has a high energy efficiency (65.6%) after heat integration transferring heat between subsystems. Economic analysis shows that the minimum selling price of NMF ($2,668.3/Mt even if using the worst possible parameters) for the integrated process is cost-competitive with the current market price.