Alternative approaches for p-xylene production from starch: Techno-economic analysis

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 53, Issue 26, 2014, Pages 10688-10699

  Lin, Zhaojia ^a   Nikolakis, Vladimiros ^b   Ierapetritou, Marianthi ^a  

^a The State University of New Jersey   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COSTS; ETHYLENE; ORGANIC SOLVENTS; STARCH; XYLENE;

BIOMASS FEEDSTOCK; CATALYTIC CONVERSION; HIGH CONVERSIONS; HIGH SELECTIVITY; P-XYLENE; TECHNO-ECONOMIC ANALYSIS;

ECONOMIC ANALYSIS;

EID: 84903757603     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: 15205045     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie402469j     Document Type: Article

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