Scaling laws and technology development strategies for biorefineries and bioenergy plants

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 100, Issue 24, 2009, Pages 6324-6330

  Jack, Michael W ^a  

^a SCION   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Bioenergy; Biomass; Biorefinery; Economies of scale; Technology development

Indexed keywords

BIOENERGY; BIOENERGY PLANTS; BIOREFINERIES; BIOREFINERY; ECONOMIES OF SCALE; PLANT COST; PLANT SIZE; SCALING EFFECTS; SCALING PARAMETER; SIMPLIFIED MODELS; TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT;

BIOMASS; ECONOMICS; TECHNOLOGICAL FORECASTING; TECHNOLOGY;

STRATEGIC PLANNING;

BIOENERGY; BIOMASS; DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY; ECONOMY OF SCALE; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; MODELING; REFINING INDUSTRY; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT;

ARTICLE; BIOENERGY; BIOMASS; COST; ECONOMIC ASPECT; INDUSTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT; PROCESS TECHNOLOGY;

BIOMASS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; ENERGY-GENERATING RESOURCES; POWER PLANTS; TRANSPORTATION;

EID: 69049112750     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2009.06.109     Document Type: Article

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