Comprehensive techno-economic assessment of dimethyl ether (DME) synthesis and Fischer-Tropsch synthesis as alternative process steps within biomass-to-liquid production

Fuel Processing Technology

Volumn 106, Issue , 2013, Pages 577-586

  Trippe, Frederik ^a   Fröhling, Magnus ^a   Schultmann, Frank ^a   Stahl, Ralph ^b   Henrich, Edmund ^b   Dalai, Ajay ^c  

^a KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

2nd generation biomass utilization; Biomass to liquid; Dimethyl ether (DME) synthesis; Fischer Tropsch (FT) synthesis; Process simulation; Techno economic assessment

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS UTILIZATION; BIOMASS-TO-LIQUID; DIMETHYL ETHERS; FISCHER TROPSCH; PROCESS SIMULATIONS; TECHNO-ECONOMIC ASSESSMENT;

BIOMASS; CARBON DIOXIDE; COMMERCE; COSTS; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; FEEDSTOCKS; GASOLINE; LIQUIDS; MINERAL OILS; SYNTHETIC FUELS; WOOD CHEMICALS;

FISCHER-TROPSCH SYNTHESIS;

EID: 84870483844     PISSN: 03783820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fuproc.2012.09.029     Document Type: Article

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