Economic and environmental implications of corn stover densification options for biofuel in minnesota

Transactions of the ASABE

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1183-1192

  Suh, K ^a   Suh, S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomass logistics; Corn stover; Densification; Ethanol; Pellet; Transportation

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL CAPACITY; BIOREFINERIES; BULK DENSITY; CO2 EMISSIONS; CORN STOVER; ELECTRICITY USE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPLICATIONS; ETHANOL PLANTS; ETHANOL PRODUCTION; HIGH ENERGY CONSUMPTION; MINNESOTA; PELLET; PROCESSING COSTS; SCALE UTILIZATION; TRANSPORTATION NEEDS;

COSTS; DENSIFICATION; ENERGY UTILIZATION; ETHANOL; TRANSPORTATION; TRUCKS;

PELLETIZING;

BIOENERGY; BIOFUEL; BULK DENSITY; CARBON DIOXIDE; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ELECTRICITY; EMISSION; ENERGY USE; ETHANOL; LOGISTICS; MAIZE; TRANSPORTATION;

MINNESOTA; UNITED STATES;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 77956491891     PISSN: 21510032     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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