Improving bioethanol production from sugarcane: Evaluation of distillation, thermal integration and cogeneration systems

Energy

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 3691-3703

  Dias, Marina O S ^a,b   Modesto, Marcelo ^c   Ensinas, Adriano V ^c   Nebra, Silvia A ^a   Filho, Rubens Maciel ^a   Rossell, Carlos E V ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^b BRAZILIAN CENTER FOR RESEARCH IN ENERGY AND MATERIALS CNPEM   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DO ABC   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Bioethanol; Exergetic analysis cost; Power generation; Process integration; Sugarcane

Indexed keywords

BAGASSE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DISTILLATION; ELECTRIC POWER GENERATION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ETHANOL; GASIFICATION; INVESTMENTS; MARINE ENGINES; STEAM TURBINES; TURBINES;

BACK PRESSURES; BIO-ETHANOL PRODUCTION; BIOMASS GAS; BIOMASS INTEGRATED GASIFICATION COMBINED CYCLES; COGENERATION SYSTEMS; CONDENSING STEAM TURBINE; CURRENT SITUATION; EXERGETIC ANALYSIS; GASIFIERS; HIGH TEMPERATURE AND PRESSURE; INDUSTRIAL SYSTEMS; PINCH ANALYSIS; PROCESS ENERGY; PROCESS IMPROVEMENT; PROCESS INTEGRATION; SUGAR-CANE BAGASSE; THERMAL INTEGRATION; THERMOECONOMIC ANALYSIS;

BIOETHANOL;

BIOMASS POWER; COGENERATION; CONDENSATION; DISTILLATION; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ETHANOL; HIGH PRESSURE; HIGH TEMPERATURE; INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION; NUMERICAL MODEL; OPTIMIZATION; SUGAR CANE; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TURBINE;

BRAZIL;

EID: 79958106558     PISSN: 03605442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2010.09.024     Document Type: Article

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