Techno-economic evaluation of bioethanol production from three different lignocellulosic materials

Biomass and Bioenergy

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 422-430

  Sassner, Per ^a   Galbe, Mats ^a   Zacchi, Guido ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Bioethanol; Economics; SSF; Steam pretreatment

Indexed keywords

CATALYST ACTIVITY; CELLULOSE; ENERGY MANAGEMENT;

BIOETHANOL; STEAM PRETREATMENT;

ETHANOL;

CATALYST ACTIVITY; CELLULOSE; ENERGY MANAGEMENT; ETHANOL;

BIOFUEL; CELLULOSE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONIFEROUS TREE; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; CROP RESIDUE; DECIDUOUS TREE; DEMAND ANALYSIS; ENERGY USE; ETHANOL; FERMENTATION; LIGNIN; PRODUCTION COST; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

CATALYSTS; CELLULOSE; ETHANOL;

PICEA; SALIX; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 43249092686     PISSN: 09619534     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biombioe.2007.10.014     Document Type: Article

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