Techno-economic impacts of shale gas on cellulosic biofuel pathways

Fuel

Volumn 117, Issue PARTB, 2014, Pages 989-995

  Brown, Tristan R ^a   Wright, Mark M ^b  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Iowa State University of Science and Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

Cellulosic biofuel; Shale gas; Techno economic analysis; Uncertainty analysis

Indexed keywords

BIOFUELS; COSTS; ENZYMATIC HYDROLYSIS; FISCHER-TROPSCH SYNTHESIS; FOSSIL FUELS; SHALE; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

CELLULOSIC BIOFUELS; DISTRIBUTION CURVES; ECONOMIC FEASIBILITIES; ENERGY INFORMATION ADMINISTRATION; FUEL PRICE UNCERTAINTIES; SHALE GAS; TECHNO-ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; UNCERTAINTY DISTRIBUTIONS;

ECONOMIC ANALYSIS;

EID: 84889577146     PISSN: 00162361     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fuel.2013.10.032     Document Type: Article

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