Techno-economic evaluation of producing ethanol from softwood: Comparison of SSF and SHF and identification of bottlenecks

Biotechnology Progress

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 1109-1117

  Wingren, Anders ^a   Galbe, Mats ^a   Zacchi, Guido ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPITAL COSTS;

ENERGY UTILIZATION; ENZYMES; FERMENTATION; HYDROLYSIS; SACCHARIFICATION; SOFTWOODS; YEAST;

ETHANOL;

BIOREACTORS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ETHANOL; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, ECONOMIC; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT, BIOMEDICAL; WOOD; YEASTS;

EID: 0042443510     PISSN: 87567938     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/bp0340180     Document Type: Review

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