Integrated conversion, financial, and risk modeling of cellulosic ethanol from woody and non-woody biomass via dilute acid pre-treatment

Biofuels, Bioproducts and Biorefining

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 755-769

  Treasure, Trevor ^a   Gonzalez, Ronalds ^a   Jameel, Hasan ^a   Phillips, Richard B ^a   Park, Sunkyu ^a   Kelley, Steve ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cellulosic ethanol; Dilute acid; Economics; Non woody; Risk; Woody

Indexed keywords

BIOETHANOL; BIOMASS; EARNINGS; ECONOMICS; ENZYMATIC HYDROLYSIS; ETHANOL; FEEDSTOCKS; FORESTRY; HARDWOODS; PLANTS (BOTANY); RISKS; BONE; CELLULOSIC ETHANOL;

BONE DRY METRIC TONS; CARBOHYDRATE CONTENT; DILUTE ACIDS; FINANCIAL SIMULATIONS; INTERNAL RATE OF RETURN; LIGNOCELLULOSIC BIOMASS; NON-WOODY; WOODY; DILUTE SULFURIC ACID;

CELLULOSIC ETHANOL; ETHANOL;

CELLULOSE; ETHANOL; RISK ASSESSMENT; BIOMASS; CELLULOSE DERIVATIVES; PRETREATMENT; PROBABILITY; SULFURIC ACID;

EID: 84931010273     PISSN: 1932104X     EISSN: 19321031     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bbb.1494     Document Type: Article

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