I. Technical assessment for first generation green biorefinery (GBR) using mass and energy balances: Scenarios for an Irish GBR blueprint

Biomass and Bioenergy

Volumn 35, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 4712-4723

  O'Keeffe, S ^a,b   Schulte, R P O ^a   Sanders, J P M ^b   Struik, P C ^b  

^a TEAGASC   (Ireland)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Biogas; Biomass; Grasslands; Green biorefinery; Silage; Technical scenarios

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL FEED; BIOREFINERIES; FIBRE FRACTIONS; GRASSLANDS; GREEN BIOREFINERY; INSULATION MATERIALS; MASS AND ENERGY BALANCE; PLASTIC PRODUCTION; POLY LACTIC ACID; SCENARIO ANALYSIS; SILAGE; SYSTEM MODELS; TECHNICAL ANALYSIS; TECHNICAL ASPECTS; TECHNICAL ASSESSMENT; TECHNICAL SCENARIOS; VOLUME RATE;

BIOCONVERSION; BIOGAS; BIOMASS; ENERGY BALANCE; LACTIC ACID; PLASTIC PRODUCTS; REFINING; TECHNOLOGY;

ECONOMIC ANALYSIS;

BIOENERGY; BIOGAS; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ENERGY BALANCE; GRASSLAND; PLASTIC; SILAGE; VOLUME;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 81555204348     PISSN: 09619534     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biombioe.2011.06.017     Document Type: Article

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