Integrating biomass to produce heat and power at ethanol plants

Applied Engineering in Agriculture

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 227-244

  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; EMISSIONS; ETHANOL PRODUCTION; RENEWABLE; SUSTAINABLE;

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; BIOMASS; COMBUSTION; EMISSION CONTROL; ETHANOL; GAS GENERATORS; GASIFICATION; INTEGRATION; LEAKAGE (FLUID); SMOKE; THERMOCHEMISTRY;

ETHANOL FUELS;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 65549089614     PISSN: 08838542     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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