Anaerobic digestion of vinasse from sugarcane biorefineries in Brazil from energy, environmental, and economic perspectives: Profit or expense?

Applied Energy

Volumn 113, Issue , 2014, Pages 825-835

  Moraes, Bruna S ^a   Junqueira, Tassia L ^a   Pavanello, Lucas G ^a   Cavalett, Otávio ^a   Mantelatto, Paulo E ^a   Bonomi, Antonio ^a   Zaiat, Marcelo ^b  

^a BRAZILIAN CENTER FOR RESEARCH IN ENERGY AND MATERIALS CNPEM   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Anaerobic digestion; Biogas; Biorefinery; Environmental impacts; Sugarcane; Vinasse

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE FUELS; BAGASSE; BIOCONVERSION; BIOGAS; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; EFFLUENTS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GREENHOUSE GASES; HYDROELECTRIC POWER PLANTS; REFINING; SUGAR CANE; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

AGRICULTURAL OPERATIONS; BIO-ETHANOL PRODUCTION; BIOREFINERIES; ECONOMIC CONSIDERATIONS; ECONOMIC PERSPECTIVE; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; HYDROELECTRIC PLANT; VINASSES;

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION;

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; COMMERCIALIZATION; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; EFFLUENT; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ETHANOL; GREENHOUSE GAS; HYDROELECTRIC POWER; STABILIZATION; SUGAR CANE; SUSTAINABILITY;

BRAZIL;

EID: 84883807347     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2013.07.018     Document Type: Article

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