Investigating the techno-economic trade-offs of hydrogen source using a response surface model of drop-in biofuel production via bio-oil upgrading

Biofuels, Bioproducts and Biorefining

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 503-520

  Wright, Mark M ^a   Román Leshkov, Yuriy ^a   Green, William H ^a  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

Author keywords

Biofuels from bio oil; Response surface model; Techno economic analysis

Indexed keywords

BIO OIL; BIOFUEL PRODUCTION; BIOREFINERIES; BIOREFINERY CONCEPT; BLEND FUELS; CARBON EMISSIONS; ECONOMIC VARIABLES; FOSSIL CARBON; FUEL COST; GAS INPUT RATE; HYDROGEN SOURCES; HYDROPROCESSING; MARKET CONDITION; PARAMETRIC FITTING; POLICY CONSTRAINTS; PROCESS MODEL; RENEWABLE FUELS; RESPONSE SURFACE MODELS; SELLING PRICES; TECHNO-ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; TECHNO-ECONOMICS;

COSTS; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; FOSSIL FUELS; HYDROCRACKING; HYDROGEN; NAPHTHAS; NATURAL GAS; REFINING; STABILIZATION; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

BIOFUELS;

EID: 84866434062     PISSN: 1932104X     EISSN: 19321031     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bbb.1340     Document Type: Article

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