A Techno-Economic Analysis of Chemical Processing with Ionizing Radiation
Abstract
Photons and electrons with energies above the ionization potential of most atoms can be used to facilitate chemical reactions not otherwise possible thermochemically or under more preferable process conditions. An analysis and comparison of the economics of using sources of ultraviolet photons, high-energy electrons, γ-rays, and X-rays in a chemical conversion process is presented. In many processes where the penetration depth is sufficient, the overall production costs for equivalent products are lowest for electron-beam based systems followed, in order, by ultraviolet, gamma rays from ^(60)Co, and X-ray sources. In process applications where large volume, high pressure, chemical reactors are required, gamma radiation has potential design advantages provided commercial gamma sources of lower cost than ^(60)Co become available.
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© 2017 Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim. Issue online: 23 May 2017; Version of record online: 8 May 2017; Accepted manuscript online: 10 April 2017; Manuscript Accepted: 6 April 2017; Manuscript Revised: 5 April 2017; Manuscript Received: 21 September 2016. Funded by: Dow Centre for Sustainable Engineering Innovation in the School of Chemical Engineering at the University of Queensland.Attached Files
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