Techno-economic analysis of a lignocellulosic ethanol biorefinery with ionic liquid pre-treatment

Biofuels, Bioproducts and Biorefining

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 562-569

  Klein Marcuschamer, Daniel ^a,b   Simmons, Blake A ^a,c   Blanch, Harvey W ^a,b  

^a JOINT BIOENERGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Biofuels; Biorefinery; Ionic liquids; Lignin; Pre treatment; Techno economic analysis

Indexed keywords

BIOREFINERIES; CO-PRODUCTS; COST SAVING; HIGH COSTS; HOLOCELLULOSE; MONOMERIC SUGARS; PRE-TREATMENT; TECHNO-ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; TECHNO-ECONOMIC MODEL;

BIOCONVERSION; BIOFUELS; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DELIGNIFICATION; DISSOLUTION; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ETHANOL; LIGNIN; REFINING; SACCHARIFICATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SUGARS; TECHNOLOGY;

IONIC LIQUIDS;

EID: 80052835619     PISSN: 1932104X     EISSN: 19321031     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bbb.303     Document Type: Article

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