Technoeconomic assessment of ethanol production via thermochemical conversion of biomass by entrained flow gasification

Energy

Volumn 36, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 4097-4108

  Villanueva Perales, A L ^a   Reyes Valle, C ^b   Ollero, P ^a   Gomez Barea A ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE SEVILLA   (Spain)

^b Foundation Advanced Technological Centre for Renewable Energy (CTAER)   (Spain)

Author keywords

Biomass; Economics; Ethanol; Gasification; Thermochemical

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CATALYST SELECTIVITY; COSTS; EARNINGS; ETHANOL; MOLYBDENUM COMPOUNDS; PYROLYSIS; RATING; RHODIUM; WOOD PRODUCTS;

A PLANTS; CATALYST PERFORMANCE; CATALYTIC SYNTHESIS; ECONOMIC RESULTS; ENTRAINED FLOW GASIFICATION; ETHANOL PRODUCTION; EXPECTED IMPROVEMENTS; FEEDING SYSTEM; FLASH PYROLYSIS; HIGH PRICE; MIXED ALCOHOLS; PRE-TREATMENT; PROCESS PLANTS; PRODUCTION COST; RATE OF RETURN; RHODIUM CATALYSTS; SELLING PRICES; TECHNO-ECONOMIC ASSESSMENT; THERMOCHEMICAL; THERMOCHEMICAL CONVERSION; WOOD CHIP;

GASIFICATION;

BIOMASS; CATALYSIS; CATALYST; CELLULOSE; ETHANOL; LIGNIN; PYROLYSIS; RHODIUM;

BIOMASS; CATALYSTS; COSTS; ETHANOL; GASIFICATION; MOLYBDENUM COMPOUNDS; PYROLYSIS; RATING; RHODIUM; THERMOCHEMISTRY; WOOD PRODUCTS;

EID: 79959373697     PISSN: 03605442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2011.04.037     Document Type: Article

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