Black liquor fractionation for biofuels production - A techno-economic assessment

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 166, Issue , 2014, Pages 508-517

  Mesfun, Sennai ^a   Lundgren, Joakim ^a   Grip, Carl Erik ^a   Toffolo, Andrea ^a   Nilsson, Rasika Lasanthi Kudahettige ^a   Rova, Ulrika ^a  

^a LULEÅ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Black liquor fractionation; Butanol fermentation; Process integration; Pulp and paper mill; Techno economic analysis

Indexed keywords

BIOFUELS; CELLULOSE; FERMENTATION; LIGNIN; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PAPER AND PULP MILLS; PULP MANUFACTURE;

BLACK LIQUOR; BUTANOL FERMENTATION; PROCESS INTEGRATION; PULP AND PAPER MILL; TECHNO-ECONOMIC ANALYSIS;

ECONOMIC ANALYSIS;

ACETONE; ALCOHOL; ALKALI; BIOFUEL; BUTANOL; FOSSIL FUEL; GASOLINE; HEMICELLULOSE; LIGNIN; CITALOPRAM; SEWAGE;

BIOFUEL; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CELLULOSE; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; FERMENTATION; FRACTIONATION; HYDROLYSIS; LIGNIN; NUMERICAL MODEL; PULP AND PAPER INDUSTRY;

ARTICLE; BATCH FERMENTATION; BIOFUEL PRODUCTION; BLACK LIQUOR; CAPITAL; DISTILLATION; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; EVAPORATION; FRACTIONATION; HYDROLYSIS; INVESTMENT; LIQUID; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PAPER INDUSTRY; PRECIPITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULP MILL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; ADSORPTION; CHEMISTRY; ENERGY CONSERVATION; EVALUATION STUDY; KINETICS; PAPER; PROCEDURES; SEWAGE; WATER MANAGEMENT;

BLACK LIQUORS; BUTANOLS; CELLULOSE; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; FERMENTATION; FRACTIONATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PAPER MILLS;

ADSORPTION; BIOFUELS; CHEMICAL FRACTIONATION; CITALOPRAM; CONSERVATION OF ENERGY RESOURCES; KINETICS; PAPER; SEWAGE; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 84902440727     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: 18732976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2014.05.062     Document Type: Article

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