Techno-economic analysis of decentralized biomass processing depots

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 194, Issue , 2015, Pages 205-213

  Lamers, Patrick ^a   Roni, Mohammad S ^a   Tumuluru, Jaya S ^a   Jacobson, Jacob J ^a   Cafferty, Kara G ^a   Hansen, Jason K ^a   Kenney, Kevin ^a   Teymouri, Farzaneh ^b   Bals, Bryan ^b  

^a IDAHO NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN BIOTECHNOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Advanced biomass supply system; Bioeconomy; Biomass depot; Biorefinery; Feedstock logistics

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COSTS; DRYERS (EQUIPMENT); ENERGY UTILIZATION; FEEDSTOCKS; SUPPLY CHAINS;

BIOECONOMY; BIOMASS PROCESSING; BIOMASS SUPPLY; BIOREFINERIES; ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE; PRETREATMENT TECHNOLOGY; PROCESSING EQUIPMENT; TECHNO-ECONOMIC ANALYSIS;

ECONOMIC ANALYSIS;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; BIOMASS; BIOMASS POWER; COST ANALYSIS; ENERGY CONSERVATION; EQUIPMENT; LOGISTICS; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; REFINING INDUSTRY; TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE;

ARTICLE; BIOMASS; BIOMASS PROCESSING DEPOT; BIOMASS PRODUCTION; BIOTECHNOLOGY; BULK DENSITY; CAPITAL; COST; DECENTRALIZATION; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; INVESTMENT; MOISTURE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES; CHEMISTRY; ECONOMICS; HUMIDITY; PROCEDURES;

ACID; AMMONIA;

ACIDS; AMMONIA; BIOMASS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; HUMIDITY;

EID: 84937231888     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: 18732976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2015.07.009     Document Type: Article

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