Woody biomass and mill waste utilization opportunities in Alabama: Transportation cost minimization, optimum facility location, economic feasibility, and impact

Environmental Progress and Sustainable Energy

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 720-732

  Aksoy, Burak ^a   Cullinan, Harry ^a   Webster, David ^a   Gue, Kevin ^a   Sukumaran, Sujith ^a   Eden, Mario ^a   Sammons Jr , Norman ^b  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b IntraMicron Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

biorefinery; decision support system; paper sludge

Indexed keywords

ALABAMA; BIOREFINERIES; DECISION SUPPORTS; DIRECT COMBUSTION; ECONOMIC FEASIBILITIES; ECONOMIC IMPACTS; ETHANOL PRODUCTION; FACILITY LOCATIONS; FISCHER TROPSCH; FLUIDIZED BED GASIFICATION; GASIFICATION PROCESS; INTERNAL RATE OF RETURN; PAPER SLUDGE; POWER PRODUCTION; PULP AND PAPER; SIMULTANEOUS SACCHARIFICATION AND FERMENTATION; SPOUTED BED; TRANSPORTATION COST; TRANSPORTATION DISTANCE; WOODY BIOMASS;

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; BIOCONVERSION; BIOMASS; CIVIL AVIATION; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; EARNINGS; ETHANOL; FEEDSTOCKS; FLUIDIZATION; FLUIDIZED BED COMBUSTION; FLUIDIZED BEDS; GASIFICATION; LOCATION; PAPER; REFINING; SACCHARIFICATION; TECHNOLOGY; WASTE INCINERATION;

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS;

BIOMASS; COMBUSTION; ETHANOL; FLUIDIZED BEDS; GASIFICATION; PAPER; REFINING; SACCHARIFICATION; SLUDGE; TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 81255170060     PISSN: 19447442     EISSN: 19447450     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ep.10501     Document Type: Article

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