Biofuels and biochemicals production from forest biomass in Western Canada

Energy

Volumn 36, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 6251-6262

  Sarkar, Susanjib ^a   Kumar, Amit ^a   Sultana, Arifa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ammonia; Dimethyl ether; Fischer Tropsch; Forest biomass; Methanol; Techno economic assessment

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; BIOFUELS; BIOMASS; CHEMICALS; ETHERS; FOSSIL FUELS; GAS EMISSIONS; GASIFICATION; GREENHOUSE GASES; METHANOL; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; SYNTHESIS GAS;

A PLANTS; BIOFUELS AND BIOCHEMICALS; BIOMASS-BASED FUELS; CARBON CREDITS; DIMETHYL ETHERS; FISCHER TROPSCH; FOREST BIOMASS; FOREST RESIDUE; GASIFICATION PLANTS; GASIFICATION PROCESS; GASIFIERS; MINIMUM COST; PLANT CAPACITIES; PRODUCTION COST; SYN-GAS; SYNGAS PRODUCTION; TECHNO-ECONOMIC ASSESSMENT;

METHANOL FUELS;

AMMONIUM; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOENERGY; BIOFUEL; BIOMASS POWER; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; FOSSIL FUEL; GAS PRODUCTION; GREENHOUSE GAS; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; METHANOL; PHYTOMASS; POWER PLANT; PRODUCTION COST; RENEWABLE RESOURCE;

CANADA;

EID: 80053451130     PISSN: 03605442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2011.07.024     Document Type: Article

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