Techno-economic assessment of biomass-to-ethanol by indirect fluidized bed gasification: Impact of reforming technologies and comparison with entrained flow gasification

Applied Energy

Volumn 109, Issue , 2013, Pages 254-266

  Reyes Valle, C ^a   Villanueva Perales, A L ^b   Vidal Barrero, F ^b   Gomez Barea A ^b  

^a Foundation Advanced Technological Centre for Renewable Energy (CTAER)   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE SEVILLA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Biomass; Ethanol; Gasification; Reforming; Thermochemical

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL WASTES; BIOMASS; CATALYSTS; CATALYTIC OXIDATION; EARNINGS; ETHANOL; FLUIDIZED BEDS; GASIFICATION; MOLYBDENUM COMPOUNDS; REFORMING REACTIONS; STEAM REFORMING; WOOD PRODUCTS;

AUTOTHERMAL REFORMING; CIRCULATING FLUIDIZED BED; ENTRAINED FLOW GASIFICATION; EXPECTED IMPROVEMENTS; FLUIDIZED BED GASIFICATION; REFORMING TECHNOLOGY; TECHNO-ECONOMIC ASSESSMENT; THERMOCHEMICAL;

CATALYTIC REFORMING;

ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY; ASSESSMENT METHOD; BIOMASS; CATALYSIS; ETHANOL; OXIDATION;

BIOMASS; CATALYSTS; ETHANOL; FLUIDIZED BEDS; GASIFICATION; MOLYBDENUM COMPOUNDS; OXIDATION; PLANT RESIDUES; THERMOCHEMISTRY; WOOD PRODUCTS;

EID: 84877358472     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2013.04.024     Document Type: Article

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