Stochastic techno-economic evaluation of cellulosic biofuel pathways

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 198, Issue , 2015, Pages 755-763

  Zhao, Xin ^a   Brown, Tristan R ^b   Tyner, Wallace E ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Cellulosic biofuel; Monte Carlo simulation; Stochastic dominance; Techno economic analysis

Indexed keywords

BIOFUELS; COSTS; DECISION MAKING; ECONOMICS; GASOLINE; INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS; INVESTMENTS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; NATURAL GAS; PROFITABILITY; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS;

CELLULOSIC BIOFUELS; CONVERSION TECHNOLOGY; ECONOMIC FEASIBILITIES; ECONOMIC UNCERTAINTY; STOCHASTIC DOMINANCE; TECHNO-ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; TECHNO-ECONOMIC ASSESSMENT; TECHNO-ECONOMIC EVALUATION;

ECONOMIC ANALYSIS;

BIOFUEL; CELLULOSE; GASOLINE; HYDROGEN;

BIOFUEL; CELLULOSE; DECISION MAKING; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ENERGY MARKET; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FERMENTATION; LIQUEFACTION; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; PYROLYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOFTWARE; STOCHASTICITY; TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ARTICLE; BIOFUEL PRODUCTION; CHEMICAL REACTION; ECONOMICS; FAST PYROLYSIS AND HYDROPROCESSING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICS; TECHNOLOGY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVALUATION STUDY; FERMENTATION; PROBABILITY; UNCERTAINTY;

BIOFUELS; CELLULOSE; FERMENTATION; GASOLINE; HYDROGEN; PROBABILITY; UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 84943523770     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: 18732976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2015.09.056     Document Type: Article

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