Environmental and economic analysis of methanol production process via biomass gasification

Fuel

Volumn 87, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1422-1427

  Kumabe, Kazuhiro ^a   Fujimoto, Shinji ^a   Yanagida, Takashi ^a   Ogata, Mamoru ^a   Fukuda, Tetsuhisa ^a   Yabe, Akira ^a   Minowa, Tomoaki ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

Author keywords

Biomass; Environmental and economic analysis; Methanol

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CARBON DIOXIDE; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; GASIFICATION; PARTICULATE EMISSIONS;

LOW-COST COGENERATION; TRANSPORTATION LIQUID FUELS;

METHANOL;

EID: 40249120439     PISSN: 00162361     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fuel.2007.06.008     Document Type: Article

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