Environmental and economic assessment of the Inbicon lignocellulosic ethanol technology

Applied Energy

Volumn 171, Issue , 2016, Pages 347-356

  Zech, Konstantin M ^a   Meisel, Kathleen ^a   Brosowski, André ^a   Toft, Lars Villadsgaard ^b   Müller Langer, Franziska ^a  

^a DBFZ DEUTSCHES BIOMASSEFORSCHUNGSZENTRUM GEMEINNÜTZIGE GMBH   (Germany)

^b DONG Energy AS   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Bioethanol; Biorefinery; Economics; GHG emissions; GHG mitigation costs; Lignocellulose

Indexed keywords

BIOETHANOL; CARBON DIOXIDE; CELLULOSE; COSTS; ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY; ETHANOL; LIGNIN;

BIO-ETHANOL PRODUCTION; BIOREFINERIES; ENVIRONMENTAL AND ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE; GHG EMISSION; GHG MITIGATION; INTERNAL HEAT SOURCE; LIGNOCELLULOSE; LIGNOCELLULOSIC ETHANOLS;

GREENHOUSE GASES;

BIOGAS; CELLULOSE; COST ANALYSIS; EMISSION CONTROL; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ETHANOL; GREENHOUSE GAS; HEAT SOURCE; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; POWER PLANT; PRODUCTION COST;

EID: 84962226695     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2016.03.057     Document Type: Article

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