Production of Hydrocarbon Fuel Using Two-Step Torrefaction and Fast Pyrolysis of Pine. Part 1: Techno-economic Analysis

ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2017, Pages 4529-4540

  Winjobi, Olumide ^a   Shonnard, David R ^a,b   Zhou, Wen ^a,b  

^a Michigan Technological University   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Economic feasibility; Fast pyrolysis; Hydrocarbon biofuel production; Process Simulation; Torrefaction

Indexed keywords

BIOFUELS; BYPRODUCTS; COSTS; EARNINGS; HYDROCARBONS; NATURAL GAS; PYROLYSIS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

BIOFUEL PRODUCTION; ECONOMIC FEASIBILITIES; FAST PYROLYSIS; PROCESS SIMULATIONS; TORREFACTION;

ECONOMIC ANALYSIS;

EID: 85020182290     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21680485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acssuschemeng.7b00372     Document Type: Article

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