Comparative techno-economic analysis and reviews of n-butanol production from corn grain and corn stover

Biofuels, Bioproducts and Biorefining

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 342-361

  Tao, Ling ^a   He, Xin ^a   Tan, Eric C D ^a   Zhang, Min ^a   Aden, Andy ^a  

^a NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biofuel; Continuous fermentation; Hybrid reaction separation; Integrated process; Lignocellulosic feedstocks; N butanol; Techno economic analysis

Indexed keywords

BIOCONVERSION; BIOFUELS; FEEDSTOCKS; FERMENTATION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; RESEARCH; TECHNOLOGY;

COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS; CONTINUOUS FERMENTATION; CONVERSION TECHNOLOGY; FERMENTATION TECHNIQUES; LIGNOCELLULOSIC FEEDSTOCKS; N-BUTANOL; TECHNO-ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; VARIOUS TECHNOLOGIES;

ECONOMIC ANALYSIS;

EID: 84899675010     PISSN: 1932104X     EISSN: 19321031     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bbb.1462     Document Type: Article

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