Design and simulation of an organosolv process for bioethanol production

Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 199-212

  Kautto, Jesse ^a,b   Realff, Matthew J ^c   Ragauskas, Arthur J ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b LAPPEENRANTA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^c Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioethanol; Carbon dioxide; Mass and energy balances; Organosolv; Pretreatment; Simulation

Indexed keywords

BIOETHANOL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENERGY BALANCE; ETHANOL; LIGNIN; NATURAL GAS; PROCESS DESIGN;

BIO-ETHANOL PRODUCTION; CONCEPTUAL PROCESS DESIGNS; DESIGN AND SIMULATION; MASS AND ENERGY BALANCE; NATURAL GAS COMBUSTION; ORGANOSOLV; PRE-TREATMENT; SIMULATION;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

EID: 84978025367     PISSN: 21906815     EISSN: 21906823     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13399-013-0074-6     Document Type: Article

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