Techno-economic analysis of advanced biofuel production based on bio-oil gasification

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 191, Issue , 2015, Pages 88-96

  Li, Qi ^a   Zhang, Yanan ^a   Hu, Guiping ^a,b  

^a Iowa State University   (United States)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bio oil gasification; Fast pyrolysis; Techno economic analysis

Indexed keywords

BIOFUELS; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; EARNINGS; GASIFICATION; INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS; INVESTMENTS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; OIL SHALE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

ADVANCED BIOFUELS; BIO OIL; CAPITAL INVESTMENT; CONVERSION PROCESS; FAST PYROLYSIS; INTERNAL RATE OF RETURN; TECHNO-ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; TOTAL CAPITAL INVESTMENTS;

ECONOMIC ANALYSIS;

BIOFUEL; GASOLINE;

BIOFUEL; BIOMASS; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; POWER GENERATION; PYROLYSIS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE;

ARTICLE; BIOFUEL PRODUCTION; BIOMASS CONVERSION; CAPITAL; COST; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; FEASIBILITY STUDY; GASIFICATION; INVESTMENT; MONTE CARLO METHOD; POPULUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS DESIGN; PYROLYSIS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; BIOMASS; ECONOMICS;

BIOFUELS; BIOMASS; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; GASOLINE; MONTE CARLO METHOD;

EID: 84929167474     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: 18732976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2015.05.002     Document Type: Article

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