Hydrothermal carbonization of waste biomass: Process design, modeling, energy efficiency and cost analysis

Energies

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2017, Pages

  Lucian, Michela ^a   Fiori, Luca ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cost analysis; Energy analysis; Hydrochar; Hydrothermal carbonization (HTC); Process design; Process modeling; Wet torrefaction

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CARBONIZATION; COMPOSTING; COST ACCOUNTING; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COSTS; ELECTRIC POWER UTILIZATION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; INVESTMENTS; PELLETIZING; THERMAL ENERGY; THERMOCHEMISTRY;

COST ANALYSIS; ENERGY ANALYSIS; HYDROCHAR; HYDROTHERMAL CARBONIZATION; PROCESS MODELING; WET TORREFACTION;

PROCESS DESIGN;

EID: 85016047461     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19961073     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/en10020211     Document Type: Article

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