Pyrolysis of forest residues: An approach to techno-economics for bio-fuel production

Fuel

Volumn 193, Issue , 2017, Pages 477-484

  Carrasco, Jose L ^a   Gunukula, Sampath ^a   Boateng, Akwasi A ^b   Mullen, Charles A ^b   DeSisto, William J ^a   Wheeler, M Clayton ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

^b EASTERN REGIONAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Forest residues; Pyrolysis; Techno economics

Indexed keywords

BIOFUELS; BYPRODUCTS; CATALYSTS; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; COSTS; DRYING OILS; ECONOMICS; FEEDSTOCKS; FORESTRY; HYDROCARBONS; HYDROGEN PRODUCTION; PYROLYSIS;

ECONOMIC CONCERNS; ENERGY REQUIREMENTS; FOREST RESIDUE; HYDROTREATING CATALYSTS; LABORATORY EXPERIMENTS; PROCESS SIMULATIONS; TECHNO-ECONOMICS; TOTAL CAPITAL INVESTMENTS;

INVESTMENTS;

EID: 85008602002     PISSN: 00162361     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fuel.2016.12.063     Document Type: Article

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