Technical and economical analyses of combined heat and power generation from distillers grains and corn stover in ethanol plants

Energy Conversion and Management

Volumn 50, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1704-1713

  Wang, Lijun ^a   Hanna, Milford A ^b   Weller, Curtis L ^b   Jones, David D ^b  

^a NORTH CAROLINA A AND T STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomass; CHP; Corn stover; Distillers grains; Fuel cell; Gasification

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL PRODUCTION CAPACITIES; BIOMASS FEEDSTOCKS; BIOMASS GASIFICATIONS; CHP; CHP-SYSTEMS; COMBINED HEAT AND POWER GENERATIONS; COMBINED HEAT AND POWER SYSTEMS; COMMERCIAL GRIDS; CORN STOVER; CURRENT ENERGIES; DISTILLERS GRAINS; ECONOMICAL ANALYSIS; ECONOMICAL FEASIBILITIES; ELECTRICAL POWER SUPPLIES; ELECTRICITY OUTPUTS; ENERGY COSTS; ETHANOL PLANTS; ETHANOL PRODUCTIONS; FREE FATTY ACIDS; HEAT AND POWER; MOISTURE CONTENTS; POLICOSANOLS; SUPPLYING HEATS;

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; BIOMASS; COSTS; CURING; ELECTRIC POWER GENERATION; ELECTRIC POWER SYSTEMS; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; FATTY ACIDS; FEEDSTOCKS; FUEL CELLS; GALERKIN METHODS; GAS GENERATORS; GAS INDUSTRY; GASIFICATION; METRIC SYSTEM; MOISTURE; MOISTURE DETERMINATION;

ETHANOL;

EID: 65649148007     PISSN: 01968904     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enconman.2009.03.025     Document Type: Article

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