Techno-economic analysis of an integrated biorefinery system for poly-generation of power, heat, pellet and bioethanol

International Journal of Energy Research

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 551-563

  Song, Han ^a   Dotzauer, Erik ^a   Thorin, Eva ^a   Yan, Jinyue ^a,b  

^a MÄLARDALEN UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Bioethanol; Biorefinery; Combined heat and power; Drying; Integrated; Pellet; Straw

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE TO FOSSIL FUELS; BIOREFINERIES; COMBINED HEAT AND POWER; COMBINED HEAT AND POWER PLANTS; INTEGRATED; INTEGRATED BIOREFINERY; PELLET; TECHNO-ECONOMIC ANALYSIS;

BIOCONVERSION; BIOETHANOL; COGENERATION PLANTS; COSTS; DRYING; ETHANOL; FEEDSTOCKS; GREENHOUSE GASES; HYDROLYSIS; PELLETIZING; POWER GENERATION; REFINING; STRAW;

ECONOMIC ANALYSIS;

EID: 84895924485     PISSN: 0363907X     EISSN: 1099114X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/er.3039     Document Type: Article

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