Ethanol from lignocellulosic biomass: Techno-economic performance in short-, middle- and long-term

Biomass and Bioenergy

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 384-410

  Hamelinck, Carlo N ^a   Van Hooijdonk, Geertje ^a   Faaij, André P C ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Economics; Ethanol; Hydrolysis

Indexed keywords

BIOCONVERSION; COSTS; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ETHANOL; FEEDSTOCKS; FERMENTATION; HYDROLYSIS; INVESTMENTS; LIGNIN;

BIOMASS FEEDSTOCKS; HYDROLYSIS-FERMENTATION; LIGNOCELLULOSIC BIOMASS; TECHNOECONOMIC PERFORMANCE;

BIOMASS;

BIOMASS; ETHANOL; HYDROLYSIS; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT;

BIOMASS; CONVERSION; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ETHANOL; FERMENTATION; LIGNINS;

EID: 13444280500     PISSN: 09619534     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biombioe.2004.09.002     Document Type: Article

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