Techno-economic analysis of ammonia production via integrated biomass gasification

Applied Energy

Volumn 130, Issue , 2014, Pages 484-490

  Andersson, Jim ^a   Lundgren, Joakim ^a  

^a LULEÅ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Ammonia production; Biomass gasification; Integration; Pulp and paper mill

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; BIOMASS; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; GASIFICATION; GREENHOUSE GASES; HYDROGEN PRODUCTION; INTEGER PROGRAMMING; INTEGRATION; PAPER AND PULP MILLS; PULP MANUFACTURE;

AMMONIA PRODUCTION; BIOMASS GASIFICATION; ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY ALTERNATIVES; MIXED-INTEGER LINEAR PROGRAMMING; PROCESS INTEGRATION MODEL; PULP AND PAPER MILL; TECHNO-ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; TECHNO-ECONOMIC EVALUATION;

ECONOMIC ANALYSIS;

AMMONIA; BIOMASS; CELLULOSE; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; GAS PRODUCTION; HYDROGEN; NITROGEN; NUMERICAL MODEL; PULP AND PAPER INDUSTRY;

AMMONIA; BIOMASS; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; GASIFICATION; GREENHOUSE GASES; PAPER MILLS;

EID: 84904813119     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2014.02.029     Document Type: Article

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