Effect of corn stover compositional variability on minimum ethanol selling price (MESP)

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 140, Issue , 2013, Pages 426-430

  Tao, Ling ^a   Templeton, David W ^a   Humbird, David ^a   Aden, Andy ^a  

^a NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioethanol; Cellulosic biomass; Corn stover composition; Process economics; Techno economic analysis

Indexed keywords

BIOETHANOL; COSTS; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; FEEDSTOCKS; INFRARED DEVICES;

BIOCHEMICAL CONVERSION; BIOMASS FEEDSTOCK; CELLULOSIC BIOMASS; COMPOSITIONAL VARIABILITY; CORN STOVER; NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY; PROCESS ECONOMICS; TECHNO-ECONOMIC ANALYSIS;

ETHANOL;

ALCOHOL; WASTE;

ANNUAL VARIATION; BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; BIOMASS; CELLULOSE; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ETHANOL; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

ARTICLE; BIOFUEL PRODUCTION; BIOMASS; BIOMASS CONVERSION; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CORN STOVER; ECONOMIC ASPECT; MAIZE; MARKETING; MINIMUM ETHANOL SELLING PRICE; NEAR INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RENEWABLE ENERGY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES; CHEMISTRY; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; ECONOMICS; WASTE;

CORN BELT; UNITED STATES;

ZEA MAYS;

BIOTECHNOLOGY; COMMERCE; ETHANOL; RENEWABLE ENERGY; SPECTROSCOPY, NEAR-INFRARED; WASTE PRODUCTS; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84878952946     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: 18732976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2013.04.083     Document Type: Article

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