A techno-economic analysis of biodiesel biorefineries: Assessment of integrated designs for the co-production of fuels and chemicals

Energy

Volumn 36, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 4671-4683

  Vlysidis, Anestis ^a   Binns, Michael ^a   Webb, Colin ^a   Theodoropoulos, Constantinos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biodiesel; Glycerol surplus; Life cycle analysis; Multi objective optimisation; Succinic acid; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

BIOCONVERSION; BIOLOGICAL WATER TREATMENT; CHEMICALS; DISTILLATION; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; EXTRACTION; FERMENTATION; GLYCEROL; MULTIOBJECTIVE OPTIMIZATION; PROFITABILITY; PURIFICATION; REFINING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; WASTE DISPOSAL;

ASPEN PLUS; BATCH FERMENTATION; BIOPROCESSES; BIOREFINERIES; BUILDING BLOCKES; CO-PRODUCTION; COMMODITY CHEMICALS; COMPLEX KINETICS; CYCLE TIME; DOWNSTREAM SEPARATION; FERMENTORS; INTEGRATED DESIGNS; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; OPERATING PARAMETERS; PLANT LIFETIME; PRICE VARIATION; SUCCINIC ACIDS; TECHNO-ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; UNSTRUCTURED MODEL;

BIODIESEL;

ALCOHOL; ASSESSMENT METHOD; BIOFUEL; BIOREACTOR; DESIGN; DIESEL; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ESTER; FERMENTATION; INTEGRATED APPROACH; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; MULTIOBJECTIVE PROGRAMMING; NUMERICAL MODEL; OPTIMIZATION; PRICE DYNAMICS; PROFITABILITY; PURIFICATION; REACTION KINETICS; REFINING INDUSTRY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOFTWARE; SUSTAINABILITY; WASTE DISPOSAL;

GLYCERINE;

EID: 79961021865     PISSN: 03605442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2011.04.046     Document Type: Article

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