Techno-economic assessment of biomass slow pyrolysis into different biochar and methanol concepts

Fuel

Volumn 117, Issue PART A, 2014, Pages 742-748

  Shabangu, Shaka ^a,b   Woolf, Dominic ^b   Fisher, Elizabeth M ^a   Angenent, Largus T ^c   Lehmann, Johannes ^b  

^a Cornell University   (United States)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^c Department of Biological and Environmental Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

Biochar; Biomass; Methanol; Scale; Slow pyrolysis

Indexed keywords

BIO CHARS; CO-PRODUCTION; PETROLEUM-BASED LIQUIDS; SCALE; SELLING PRICES; SLOW PYROLYSIS; TECHNO-ECONOMIC ASSESSMENT; TWO-STAGE PROCESS;

BIOMASS; COSTS; GASIFICATION; METHANOL; PETROLEUM TRANSPORTATION; SYNTHESIS GAS;

METHANOL FUELS;

EID: 84886831109     PISSN: 00162361     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fuel.2013.08.053     Document Type: Article

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