In recent years, the use of solid biofuels (SBF) in combustion systems to generate industrial heat has become more common as they are renewable, potentially carbon neutral, and able to support an energy transition away from fossil fuels. However, despite the ready availability of waste biomass in Mexico and its suitability for incineration, the development of SBFs as a fuel source had lagged behind other countries. Promoting the use of SBF requires technical, sustainability, and economic feasibility studies to identify optimization opportunities for known systems. This article presents two technical, economic, and environmental feasibility studies of the use of SBF for process heat. Carbon dioxide emissions and economic feasibility were compared to fossil fuels to ascertain whether SBFs could be useful as a transition fuel in the medium term. Finally, some circumstances where the implementation of SBF in an industrial process could be feasible were identified. © 2021 Society of Chemical Industry and John Wiley & Sons, Ltd

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固体生物燃料作为墨西哥加工能源的应用：使用龙舌兰和咖啡废料的案例研究

近年来，在燃烧系统中使用固体生物燃料 (SBF) 来产生工业热量变得越来越普遍，因为它们是可再生的、潜在的碳中和，并且能够支持能源转型，摆脱化石燃料。然而，尽管墨西哥的废弃生物质很容易获得并且适合焚烧，但作为燃料来源的 SBF 的发展落后于其他国家。促进 SBF 的使用需要技术、可持续性和经济可行性研究，以确定已知系统的优化机会。本文介绍了使用 SBF 进行工艺加热的两项技术、经济和环境可行性研究。将二氧化碳排放量和经济可行性与化石燃料进行比较，以确定 SBF 是否可用作中期过渡燃料。最后，确定了在工业过程中实施 SBF 可能可行的一些情况。© 2021 化学工业协会和 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd