The effect of long lead times for planning of energy efficiency and biorefinery technologies at a pulp mill

Renewable Energy

Volumn 61, Issue , 2014, Pages 12-16

  Svensson, Elin ^a   Berntsson, Thore ^a  

^a CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Investment planning; Lignin separation; Optimization under uncertainty; Process integration; Pulp and paper industry

Indexed keywords

COMMERCE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; LIGNIN; PAPER AND PULP INDUSTRY; PULP; REFINING; STOCHASTIC PROGRAMMING; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS;

EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES; INDUSTRIAL ENERGY EFFICIENCY; INVESTMENT PLANNING; MARKET INTRODUCTION; OPTIMIZATION UNDER UNCERTAINTY; PROCESS INTEGRATION; PULP AND PAPER INDUSTRY; SCENARIO ANALYSIS;

INVESTMENTS;

BIOMASS; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY MARKET; INDUSTRIAL INVESTMENT; LIGNIN; NUMERICAL MODEL; OPTIMIZATION; PLANNING PROCESS; PULP AND PAPER INDUSTRY; REFINING INDUSTRY; SEPARATION; STOCHASTICITY; TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION; TEMPORAL PERIOD; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

COMMERCE; INVESTMENT; LIGNINS; OPTIMIZATION; PLANNING; REFINING; SEPARATION;

EID: 84883553561     PISSN: 09601481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2012.04.029     Document Type: Article

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