Impact of pretreatment and downstream processing technologies on economics and energy in cellulosic ethanol production

Biotechnology for Biofuels

Volumn 4, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Kumar, Deepak ^a   Murthy, Ganti S ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

cellulosic ethanol; Grass straw; pretreatment; process economics.; process model

Indexed keywords

CAPITAL COSTS; CELLULOSIC FEEDSTOCKS; CONVERSION PROCESS; DILUTE ACIDS; DOWNSTREAM-PROCESSING; ENERGY USE; ETHANOL PLANTS; ETHANOL PRODUCTION; ETHANOL YIELD; FESTUCA ARUNDINACEA SCHREB; HOT WATER; LARGE SCALE PRODUCTIONS; PENTOSE FERMENTATION; PRE-TREATMENT; PRETREATMENT TECHNOLOGY; PROCESS CONDITION; PROCESS ECONOMICS; PROCESS ENERGY; PROCESS MODEL; PROCESS MODELING; PRODUCTION PROCESS; SIMULTANEOUS SACCHARIFICATION AND CO-FERMENTATION; STEAM EXPLOSION; TALL FESCUE; TECHNO-ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; TECHNO-ECONOMICS; WATER USE;

BIOFUELS; COST REDUCTION; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ENZYMES; ETHANOL; EXPLOSIONS; EXPLOSIVES; FEEDSTOCKS; FERMENTATION; PRODUCTION ENGINEERING; SACCHARIFICATION; STEAM; TECHNOLOGY; WATER SUPPLY;

CELLULOSIC ETHANOL;

BIOFUEL; BIOMASS; CAPITAL; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ENZYME; ETHANOL; TRADE-OFF;

CELLULOSE; COST CONTROL; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ENZYMES; FERMENTATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PRETREATMENT; PRODUCTION ENGINEERING; SACCHARIFICATION; STRAW; WATER SUPPLY;

FESTUCA ARUNDINACEA;

EID: 80052579095     PISSN: 17546834     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1754-6834-4-27     Document Type: Article

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