Cob biomass supply for combined heat and power and biofuel in the north central USA

Biomass and Bioenergy

Volumn 64, Issue , 2014, Pages 321-328

  Schmer, Marty R ^a   Dose, Heather L ^b  

^a USDA Agricultural Research Service Lincoln Nebraska   (United States)

^b NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biofuel; Biorefinery; Combined heat and power; Corn cobs; Ethanol; Life cycle assessment

Indexed keywords

BIOFUELS; BIOMASS; CARBON DIOXIDE; CELLULOSIC ETHANOL; ETHANOL; FEEDSTOCKS; GREENHOUSE GASES; LIFE CYCLE; POWER GENERATION; REFINING;

BIOREFINERIES; COMBINED HEAT AND POWER; COMBINED HEAT AND POWER GENERATION; CORN (ZEA MAYS L.); CORN COB; INTEGRATED BIOREFINERY; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA); RENEWABLE ENERGIES;

COGENERATION PLANTS;

CHANDIPURA VIRUS; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84899949189     PISSN: 09619534     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biombioe.2014.03.051     Document Type: Article

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