Refining sweet sorghum to ethanol and sugar: Economic trade-offs in the context of North China

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 96, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 985-1002

  Gnansounou, E ^a   Dauriat, A ^a   Wyman, C E ^b  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

^b DARTMOUTH COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Economics; Energy; Ethanol; Sugar; Sweet sorghum

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL WASTES; AUTOMOTIVE FUELS; BAGASSE; CELLULOSE; ELECTRICITY; GASOLINE; REDUCTION; SUGAR (SUCROSE);

BIOETHANOL; FOSSIL ENERGY; HEMICELLULOSE; RESIDUE CONVERSION;

ETHANOL;

ALCOHOL; BAGASSE; CELLULOSE; HEMICELLULOSE; SUGAR;

BIOFUEL; BIOTECHNOLOGY; ECONOMICS; ETHANOL; SORGHUM;

AGRICULTURE; ALCOHOL PRODUCTION; ARTICLE; BIOAVAILABILITY; CHINA; CORN; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; COST; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EXTRACTION; HEATING; LIVESTOCK; PLANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RICE; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SORGHUM; TECHNOLOGY;

BIOREACTORS; CARBOHYDRATES; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; CHINA; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ENERGY METABOLISM; ENERGY-GENERATING RESOURCES; ETHANOL; INDUSTRIAL MICROBIOLOGY; MODELS, ECONOMETRIC; SORGHUM;

BAGASSA; CELLULOSE; ELECTRICITY; ETHANOL; GASOLINE; PLANT RESIDUES; REDUCTION; SUGAR;

ASIA; CHINA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; WORLD;

EID: 12944288030     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2004.09.015     Document Type: Article

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