Biomass and natural gas to liquid transportation fuels and olefins (BGTL+C2-C4): Process synthesis and global optimization

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 359-385

  Onel, Onur ^a   Niziolek, Alexander M ^a   Elia, Josephine A ^a   Baliban, Richard C ^a   Floudas, Christodoulos A ^a  

^a Princeton University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRANCH AND BOUND METHOD; ECONOMICS; FUELS; GLOBAL OPTIMIZATION; LIQUID FUELS; LIQUIDS; NATURAL GAS; OLEFINS; PROFITABILITY;

BRANCH-AND-BOUND APPROACHES; CHEMICALS PRODUCTIONS; ECONOMICALLY VIABLE; HYDROCARBON PRODUCTION; NATURAL GAS CONVERSION; OPTIMAL TOPOLOGIES; OPTIMIZATION FRAMEWORK; PARAMETRIC -ANALYSIS;

NATURAL GAS TRANSPORTATION;

EID: 84949117770     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: 15205045     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie503979b     Document Type: Article

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