Corn stover availability for biomass conversion: Situation analysis

Cellulose

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 599-619

  Hess, J Richard ^a   Kenney, Kevin L ^a   Wright, Christopher T ^a   Perlack, Robert ^b   Turhollow, Anthony ^b  

^a IDAHO NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Collection; Corn stover; Feedstock logistics; Harvesting; Preprocessing; Storage; Transportation

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS CONVERSION; BIOMASS FEEDSTOCK; BIOMASS MATERIALS; BIOREFINERIES; BIOREFINING; BULK DENSITY; COLLECTION; CONVERSION PROCESS; CONVERSION TECHNOLOGY; CORN STOVER; DRY MATTER LOSS; EQUIPMENT EFFICIENCY; FEEDSTOCK SUPPLY; LARGE SQUARES; LOGISTICS SYSTEM; MATERIAL CHARACTERISTICS; MATERIAL PROPERTY; MATERIAL STABILITY; POSTHARVEST; PREPROCESSING; SITUATION ANALYSIS; STORAGE; STOVER SUPPLY SYSTEMS; SUPPLY SYSTEM; USE EFFICIENCY;

BIOCONVERSION; BIOMASS; HARVESTING; LOGISTICS; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

FEEDSTOCKS;

AGRONOMY; CROP PRODUCTION; HARVESTING; STORAGE; TRANSPORT; WASTE;

EID: 68149180900     PISSN: 09690239     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10570-009-9323-z     Document Type: Article

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