Techno-economic and environmental evaluation of lignocellulosic biochemical refineries: Need for a modular platform for integrated assessment (MPIA)

Journal of Scientific and Industrial Research

Volumn 67, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 927-940

  Villegas, Juan David ^a   Gnansounou, Edgard ^a  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Biofuels; Biorefineries; Optimisation; Process design

Indexed keywords

BIOFUELS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CELLULOSE; DATABASE SYSTEMS; LIGNIN; OPTIMIZATION; SIMULATORS; SUGARS;

BIOFUEL; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CELLULOSE; DESIGN; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ETHANOL; MODELING; OPTIMIZATION; PROCESSING;

EID: 60649112496     PISSN: 00224456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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