Integrating biomass to produce heat and power at ethanol plants

2007 ASABE Annual International Meeting, Technical Papers

Volumn 13 BOOK, Issue , 2007, Pages

  De Kam, Matthew J ^a   Morey, R Vance ^a   Tiffany, Douglas G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomass; Combined heat and power; Combustion; Emissions; Ethanol production; Gasification; Model; Renewable; Sustainable

Indexed keywords

COMBINED HEAT AND POWER; ETHANOL PRODUCTION; FUEL COMBINATIONS;

COMBUSTION; ELECTRICITY; ENERGY BALANCE; ETHANOL FUELS; GASIFICATION; INDUSTRIAL PLANTS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

BIOMASS;

EID: 35649016793     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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