Ethanol production from banana fruit and its lignocellulosic residues: Exergy and renewability analysis

International Journal of Thermodynamics

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 155-162

  Velasquez Arredondo H I ^a,b   Ruiz Colorado, A A ^a   Oliveira Junior, S ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE COLOMBIA   (Colombia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Banana fruit; Ethanol production; Exergy analysis; Hydrolysis; Renewability analysis

Indexed keywords

ANHYDROUS ETHANOL; BANANA FRUITS; COLOMBIA; ETHANOL PRODUCTION; EXERGY ANALYSIS; LIGNOCELLULOSIC MATERIAL; LIGNOCELLULOSIC RESIDUES; NON-RENEWABLE; PERFORMANCE INDICATORS; PRODUCTION PROCESS; PRODUCTION ROUTE; PRODUCTION STAGE; RESIDUAL BIOMASS; TROPICAL COUNTRIES; VEGETABLE PRODUCTS;

BENCHMARKING; BIODIESEL; COGENERATION PLANTS; DISTILLATION; ETHANOL; EXERGY; FEEDSTOCKS; HYDROLYSIS; PRODUCTION ENGINEERING; WASTE DISPOSAL;

FRUITS;

EID: 77953012534     PISSN: 13019724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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