Multi-criteria analysis of a biorefinery for co-production of lactic acid and ethanol from sugarcane lignocellulose

Biofuels, Bioproducts and Biorefining

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2017, Pages 971-990

  Mandegari, Mohsen Ali ^a   Farzad, Somayeh ^a   van Rensburg, Eugéne ^a   Görgens, Johann F ^a  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

bagasse and trash; life cycle assessment (LCA); lignocellulosic biorefinery; sensitivity analysis; techno economic evaluation

Indexed keywords

BAGASSE; BIOCONVERSION; BOILERS; CARBON; CELLULOSE; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; EARNINGS; ETHANOL; GLUCOSE; LACTIC ACID; LIFE CYCLE; LIGNIN; REFINING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SUGAR FACTORIES; WATER TREATMENT;

BIOREFINERIES; ENVIRONMENTAL CONSIDERATIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT; INTERNAL RATE OF RETURN; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA); MULTI CRITERIA ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY TO VARIATIONS; TECHNO-ECONOMIC EVALUATION;

ECONOMIC ANALYSIS;

EID: 85028776229     PISSN: 1932104X     EISSN: 19321031     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bbb.1801     Document Type: Article

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