Establishing the optimal sizes of different kinds of biorefineries

Biofuels, Bioproducts and Biorefining

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 191-200

  Wright, Mark ^a   Brown, Robert C ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biorefinery; Gallons of gasoline equivalent; Optimal size; Unit cost

Indexed keywords

BIO OIL; BIOREFINERIES; BIOREFINERY; CORN GRAIN; FAST PYROLYSIS; FISCHER TROPSCH LIQUIDS; GRAIN ETHANOLS; LIGNOCELLULOSIC BIOMASS; MIXED ALCOHOLS; OPTIMAL SIZE; TRANSPORTATION FUELS; UNIT COST;

BIOMASS; ENZYMATIC HYDROLYSIS; ETHANOL; GAS GENERATORS; GASIFICATION; GASOLINE; METHANOL; OPTIMIZATION;

CELLULOSIC ETHANOL;

EID: 52749084055     PISSN: 1932104X     EISSN: 19321031     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bbb.25     Document Type: Review

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