Regional differences in the economic feasibility of advanced biorefineries: Fast pyrolysis and hydroprocessing

Energy Policy

Volumn 57, Issue , 2013, Pages 234-243

  Brown, Tristan R ^a   Thilakaratne, Rajeeva ^b   Brown, Robert C ^a,b   Hu, Guiping ^b  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Iowa State University of Science and Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

Fast pyrolysis; Regional sensitivity; Techno economic analysis

Indexed keywords

CELLULOSIC BIOFUELS; ECONOMIC FEASIBILITIES; FAST PYROLYSIS; INTERNAL RATE OF RETURN; REGIONAL DIFFERENCES; REGIONAL SENSITIVITY; TECHNO-ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; TRANSPORTATION FUELS;

BIOFUELS; EARNINGS; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; LOCATION; REFINING;

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS;

COMMERCIALIZATION; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; FACILITY LOCATION; FEASIBILITY STUDY; PYROLYSIS; REGIONAL ECONOMY;

GEORGIA; ILLINOIS; UNITED STATES;

NUCLEOPOLYHEDROVIRUS;

EID: 84876311629     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2013.01.058     Document Type: Article

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