Optimum scale of feedstock processing for renewable diesel production

Biofuels, Bioproducts and Biorefining

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 188-204

  Miller, Patrick ^a   Sultana, Arifa ^a   Kumar, Amit ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Camelina; Canola; Renewable diesel; Techno economic assessment; Vegetable oil

Indexed keywords

AVERAGE YIELD; CAMELINA; CANOLA; COST COMPONENTS; FEEDSTOCK PROCESSING; HYDROPROCESSING; MAINTENANCE COST; MINIMUM COST; OIL COSTS; OIL PRODUCTION; PLANT SIZE; PRODUCTION PLANT; RENEWABLE DIESELS; TECHNO-ECONOMIC ASSESSMENT; TECHNO-ECONOMIC MODEL;

BIODIESEL; COSTS; FEEDSTOCKS; INDUSTRIAL PLANTS; PETROLEUM TRANSPORTATION; PRESSES (MACHINE TOOLS); SOLVENTS; VEGETABLE OILS;

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS;

EID: 84858342489     PISSN: 1932104X     EISSN: 19321031     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bbb.351     Document Type: Article

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