Aromatics from Lignocellulosic Biomass: Economic Analysis of the Production of p-Xylene from 5-Hydroxymethylfurfural

AIChE Journal

Volumn 59, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 2079-2087

  Lin, Zhaojia ^a   Ierapetritou, Marianthi ^a   Nikolakis, Vladimiros ^b  

^a The State University of New Jersey   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

2,5 dimethylfuran (DMF); 5 hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF); Biomass; Economic analysis; P xylene

Indexed keywords

2,5-DIMETHYLFURAN (DMF); 5 HYDROXYMETHYL FURFURALS; ECONOMIC PARAMETERS; HIGH SELECTIVITY; LABORATORY EXPERIMENTS; LIGNOCELLULOSIC BIOMASS; P-XYLENE; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT;

BIOMASS; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

XYLENE;

EID: 84878131028     PISSN: 00011541     EISSN: 15475905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aic.13969     Document Type: Article

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