Techno-economic assessment of a wood-based biorefinery concept for the production of polymer-grade ethylene, organosolv lignin and fuel

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 200, Issue , 2016, Pages 928-939

  Nitzsche, Roy ^a   Budzinski, Maik ^a,b   Gröngröft, Arne ^a  

^a DBFZ DEUTSCHES BIOMASSEFORSCHUNGSZENTRUM GEMEINNÜTZIGE GMBH   (Germany)

^b HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Beech wood; Cost estimation; Discounted cash flow analysis; Lignocellulose biorefinery; Pinch analysis

Indexed keywords

BIOCONVERSION; CELLULOSE; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; COST ESTIMATING; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENZYMATIC HYDROLYSIS; ETHYLENE; HYDROLYSIS; LIGNIN; REFINING; WOOD CHEMICALS;

BEECH WOOD; COST ESTIMATIONS; DISCOUNTED CASH FLOW; LIGNOCELLULOSE BIOREFINERY; PINCH ANALYSIS;

WOOD;

BIOGAS; ETHYLENE; FUEL; LIGNIN; ORGANOSOLV LIGNIN; POLYMER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BIOFUEL; ETHYLENE DERIVATIVE;

BIOGAS; CELLULOSE; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DEHYDRATION; DESIGN METHOD; ENERGY BALANCE; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ETHYLENE; FERMENTATION; FUELWOOD; HYDROLYSIS; LIGNIN; MASS BALANCE; POLYMER; REFINING INDUSTRY; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT;

ARTICLE; BEECH; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; ENERGY BALANCE; FERMENTATION; FLOW MEASUREMENT; HYDROLYSIS; MASS; OIL INDUSTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS MODEL; SCALE UP; WOOD; BIOMASS; BIOSYNTHESIS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COST; ECONOMICS; METABOLISM; PROCEDURES; THERMODYNAMICS;

BIOGAS; BIOMASS; COSTS; DEHYDRATION; ETHYLENE; FAGUS; LIGNOCELLULOSE; REFINERS;

FAGUS;

BIOFUELS; BIOMASS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; ETHYLENES; FAGUS; HYDROLYSIS; LIGNIN; POLYMERS; THERMODYNAMICS; WOOD;

EID: 84947804528     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: 18732976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2015.11.008     Document Type: Article

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