Performance and techno-economic assessment of several solid-liquid separation technologies for processing dilute-acid pretreated corn stover

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 167, Issue , 2014, Pages 291-296

  Sievers, David A ^a   Tao, Ling ^a   Schell, Daniel J ^a  

^a NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biofuels; Filtration; Process modeling; Solid liquid separation; Techno economic analysis

Indexed keywords

BIOFUELS; DEWATERING; FILTRATION; SLURRIES; VACUUM;

FILTRATION METHODS; FILTRATION PROCESS; LIGNOCELLULOSIC BIOMASS; PROCESS MODELING; PROCESS SIMULATIONS; SOLID-LIQUID SEPARATION; TECHNO-ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; TECHNO-ECONOMIC ASSESSMENT;

ECONOMIC ANALYSIS;

CARBOHYDRATE; FUEL; LIGNOCELLULOSE; XYLOSE; ALCOHOL; SULFURIC ACID; WASTE;

ACID; BIOFUEL; BIOMASS; CROP RESIDUE; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; FILTRATION; LIQUID; MAIZE; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; SEPARATION; SLURRY; SOLID; TECHNICAL EFFICIENCY;

AGRICULTURAL SLURRY; ARTICLE; BIOFUEL PRODUCTION; BIOMASS; CENTRIFUGATION; DEWATERING; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; FILTER CAKE; FILTRATION; LIQUID; MAIZE; PHASE SEPARATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS MODEL; SOLID; SOLUTE; VACUUM; BIOTECHNOLOGY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DRUG EFFECTS; ECONOMICS; ELECTRICITY; PRESSURE; PROCEDURES; WASTE;

BIOTECHNOLOGY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRICITY; ETHANOL; FILTRATION; PRESSURE; SULFURIC ACIDS; WASTE PRODUCTS; XYLOSE; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84903712752     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: 18732976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2014.05.113     Document Type: Article

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