Economic risk assessment of advanced process technologies for bioethanol production in South Africa: Monte Carlo analysis

Renewable Energy

Volumn 36, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 3178-3186

  Amigun, Bamikole ^a,b   Petrie, Daniel ^b   Gorgens, Johann ^b  

^a DSI CSIR Nanotechnology Innovation Centre   (South Africa)

^b STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Bioethanol; Monte Carlo; Risk analysis; Techno economic feasibility; Triticale

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED PROCESS; ALTERNATIVE MOTOR FUELS; BIO-ETHANOL PRODUCTION; ECONOMIC FEASIBILITIES; ECONOMIC INDICATORS; ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE; ECONOMIC SUCCESS; ECONOMIC VIABILITY; ENERGY RECOVERY; ETHANOL INDUSTRY; ETHANOL PLANTS; FERMENTABLE SUGARS; FERMENTATION PROCESS; FIBRE FRACTIONATION; FINANCIAL RISKS; FUEL ALCOHOLS; FUEL SOURCE; GOVERNMENT SUBSIDIES; GRAIN ETHANOLS; HIGH PROBABILITY; HISTORICAL DATA; INDUSTRIAL STRATEGIES; MANAGEMENT DECISIONS; MONTE CARLO; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; MONTE CARLO SIMULATION; PARAMETRIC UNCERTAINTIES; PLANT AVAILABILITY; PRE-TREATMENT; PRICE FLUCTUATION; PROCESS HEATING; PROCESS PLANTS; PROCESS TECHNOLOGIES; QUANTIFIABLE MEASURES; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTH AFRICAN GOVERNMENT; STOCHASTIC VARIABLE; SUPPORT MECHANISM; TECHNO-ECONOMIC FEASIBILITY; TRITICALE;

AUTOMOTIVE FUELS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ENERGY POLICY; ENZYMATIC HYDROLYSIS; ETHANOL; FERMENTATION; INDUSTRY; INVESTMENTS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PLANNING; POWER QUALITY; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; PUBLIC POLICY; RISK ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK PERCEPTION; STARCH; SUGARS;

BIOETHANOL;

AGRICULTURAL WORKER; BIOMASS; CELLULOSE; CULTIVATION; DECISION MAKING; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ETHANOL; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FERMENTATION; HYDROLYSIS; INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION; INTEGRATED APPROACH; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; OIL PRODUCTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; STARCH; STATE ROLE; STOCHASTICITY; SUGAR; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

SOUTH AFRICA; WESTERN CAPE;

NUCLEOPOLYHEDROVIRUS; TRITICOSECALE;

EID: 79957834884     PISSN: 09601481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2011.03.015     Document Type: Article

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