Field to flight: A techno-economic analysis of the corn stover to aviation biofuels supply chain

Biofuels, Bioproducts and Biorefining

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 201-210

  Bittner, Amanda ^a   Tyner, Wallace E ^a   Zhao, Xin ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aviation biofuels; Corn stover; Fast pyrolysis; Financial analysis; Policy analysis

Indexed keywords

BIOFUELS; CELLULOSIC ETHANOL; COSTS; EARNINGS; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ELECTRONIC COMMERCE; ENERGY SECURITY; GAS EMISSIONS; GREENHOUSE GASES; HYDROGEN FUELS; INVESTMENTS; PRIVATIZATION; PYROLYSIS; RISKS; SUPPLY CHAINS;

COEFFICIENT OF VARIATION; CONVERSION TECHNOLOGY; CORN STOVER; FAST PYROLYSIS; FINANCIAL ANALYSIS; INTERNAL RATE OF RETURN; POLICY ANALYSIS; TECHNO-ECONOMIC ANALYSIS;

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS;

EID: 84924761818     PISSN: 1932104X     EISSN: 19321031     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bbb.1536     Document Type: Article

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