Uncertainty in techno-economic estimates of cellulosic ethanol production due to experimental measurement uncertainty

Biotechnology for Biofuels

Volumn 5, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Vicari, Kristin J ^a,b   Tallam, Sai Sandeep ^a,b   Shatova, Tatyana ^a,b   Joo, Koh Kang ^a,b   Scarlata, Christopher J ^c   Humbird, David ^c   Wolfrum, Edward J ^c   Beckham, Gregg T ^c,d  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

^c NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY   (United States)

^d Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

Biochemical conversion; Enzymatic hydrolysis; Fermentation; Pretreatment; Process modeling; Techno economic modeling

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMICAL CONVERSION; BIOFUEL PRODUCTION; BIOREFINERIES; BIOREFINING; CAPITAL AND OPERATING COSTS; COFERMENTATION; CONVERSION YIELD; CORN STOVER; COST-EFFECTIVE PRODUCTION; DILUTE SULFURIC ACID; ECONOMIC MODELS; ERROR BARS; ETHANOL PRODUCTION; ETHANOL YIELD; EXPERIMENTAL MEASUREMENTS; INDUSTRIAL SCALE; INTERMEDIATE PRODUCT; LOWER BOUNDS; MASS AND ENERGY BALANCE; MATHEMATICAL FRAMEWORKS; MODEL PREDICTION; MULTIPLE MEASUREMENTS; PRE-TREATMENT; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT; PROCESS MODEL; PROCESS MODELING; SELLING PRICES; TECHNICAL CHALLENGES; TECHNO-ECONOMIC MODELING; TECHNO-ECONOMICS; XYLOSE YIELDS;

BIOFUELS; CELLULOSIC ETHANOL; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ENZYMATIC HYDROLYSIS; ESTIMATION; ETHANOL; FEEDSTOCKS; FERMENTATION; GLUCOSE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MEASUREMENTS; REFINING; SULFURIC ACID;

UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; BIOFUEL; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; BIOMASS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CELLULOSE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FERMENTATION; HYDROLYSIS;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84869746063     PISSN: 17546834     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1754-6834-5-23     Document Type: Article

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