Techno-economic assessment of the production of bio-based chemicals from glutamic acid

Biofuels, Bioproducts and Biorefining

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 177-187

  Lammens, Tijs M ^a   Gangarapu, Satesh ^a   Franssen, Maurice C R ^a   Scott, Elinor L ^a   Sanders, Johan P M ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bio based chemicals; Biomass; Biorefinery; Glutamic acid; Techno economic assessment

Indexed keywords

BIO-BASED CHEMICALS; BIOREFINERIES; ECONOMIC FEASIBILITIES; GLUTAMIC ACID; HIGH COSTS; N VINYLPYRROLIDONE; N-METHYLPYRROLIDONE; PROCESS CONFIGURATION; PROCESS STEPS; SODIUM HYPOCHLORITES; SUCCINONITRILE; TECHNO-ECONOMIC ASSESSMENT;

BIOMASS; OPTIMIZATION; PROFITABILITY;

AMINO ACIDS;

EID: 84858340649     PISSN: 1932104X     EISSN: 19321031     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bbb.349     Document Type: Article

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