Converting a kraft pulp mill into a multi-product biorefinery - Part 2: Economic aspects

Nordic Pulp and Paper Research Journal

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 489-497

  Lundberg, Valeria ^a   Svensson, Elin ^a   Axelsson, Erik ^b   Mahmoudkhani, Maryam ^a  

^a CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b Profu   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Biorefinery; Debottlenecking; Dissolving pulp; Economic assessment; Heat integration; Kraft pulp mill

Indexed keywords

BOILERS; DISSOLUTION; INTEGRATION; INVESTMENTS; LIGNIN; PAPER AND PULP MILLS; PROFITABILITY; PULP MANUFACTURE; REFINING;

BIOREFINERIES; DEBOTTLENECKING; DISSOLVING PULP; ECONOMIC ASSESSMENTS; HEAT INTEGRATION;

KRAFT PULP;

BOILERS; COSTS; DISSOLVING PULPS; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ELECTRIC POWER; INVESTMENT; KRAFT PULPS; LIGNINS; POWER GENERATION; PROFITABILITY; PULP MILLS;

EID: 84891873767     PISSN: 02832631     EISSN: 20000669     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3183/npprj-2013-28-04-p489-497     Document Type: Article

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