Comparative techno-economic assessment and LCA of selected integrated sugarcane-based biorefineries

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 196, Issue , 2015, Pages 364-375

  Gnansounou, Edgard ^a   Vaskan, Pavel ^a   Pachón, Elia Ruiz ^a  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

1G 2G bioethanol integration; Biorefinery; Brazil; LCA; Sugarcane

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ETHANOL; LIFE CYCLE; SUGAR CANE; SUGAR FACTORIES;

BIOREFINERIES; BRAZIL; ECONOMIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE; ETHANOL PRODUCTION; LCA; SUGAR CANE JUICES; TECHNO-ECONOMIC ASSESSMENT;

REFINING;

ALCOHOL; MOLASSES; SUGAR; CARBOHYDRATE;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; BIOFUEL; BREWING INDUSTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISTILLATION; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; ETHANOL; INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION; INTEGRATED APPROACH; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; REFINING INDUSTRY; SUGAR CANE;

AGRICULTURAL WASTE; ALCOHOL PRODUCTION; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; BIOFUEL PRODUCTION; BRAZIL; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ELECTRICITY; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS MODEL; PURCHASING; SUGARCANE; ECONOMICS; ENERGY RESOURCE; ENVIRONMENT; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; PROCEDURES; TECHNOLOGY;

BRAZIL;

ANIMALIA;

ANIMAL FEED; BRAZIL; CARBOHYDRATES; ENERGY-GENERATING RESOURCES; ENVIRONMENT; ETHANOL; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; MOLASSES; SACCHARUM; TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 84938719057     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: 18732976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2015.07.072     Document Type: Article

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