Combined production of sugar, ethanol and electricity: Thermoeconomic and environmental analysis and optimization

Energy

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 3704-3715

  Pellegrini, Luiz Felipe ^a   de Oliveira Junior, Silvio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Exergy; Optimization; Polygeneration; Renewability; Sugarcane mills; Thermoeconomics

Indexed keywords

COGENERATION PLANTS; ELECTRIC UTILITIES; ELECTRICITY; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ETHANOL; EXERGY; OPTIMIZATION; POWER QUALITY; SUGAR INDUSTRY;

COGENERATION SYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYSIS; ETHANOL PRODUCTION; EXERGY ANALYSIS; EXERGY OPTIMIZATION; GENERAL MODEL; POLY-GENERATION; PRODUCTION COST; RENEWABILITY; THERMO-ECONOMICS; THERMOECONOMIC;

SUGARS;

ELECTRICITY; ENERGY RESOURCE; ETHANOL; FOOD INDUSTRY; OPTIMIZATION; POWER GENERATION; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; SUGAR; SUGAR CANE;

EID: 79958186706     PISSN: 03605442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2010.08.011     Document Type: Article

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