Improving economics of lignocellulosic biofuels: An integrated strategy for coproducing 1,5-pentanediol and ethanol

Applied Energy

Volumn 213, Issue , 2018, Pages 585-594

  Huang, Kefeng ^a   Won, Wangyun ^a   Barnett, Kevin J ^a   Brentzel, Zachary J ^a   Alonso, David M ^a   Huber, George W ^a   Dumesic, James A ^a   Maravelias, Christos T ^a  

^a Wisconsin Electric Machines and Power Electronics Consortium   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioethanol; Biorefinery; Integration; Process design; Technoeconomic analysis

Indexed keywords

BIOETHANOL; BIOMASS; ENZYMATIC HYDROLYSIS; ETHANOL; INTEGRATION; LIGNOCELLULOSIC BIOMASS; PROCESS DESIGN; REFINING;

BIOMASS LOADING; BIOREFINERIES; ECONOMIC POTENTIALS; ENZYME LOADING; INTEGRATED STRATEGY; PROCESS MODELING; PROCESS PARAMETERS; TECHNO-ECONOMIC ANALYSIS;

CELLULOSIC ETHANOL;

BIOFUEL; BIOMASS; CELLULOSE; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ENZYME; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ETHANOL; FRACTIONATION; HYDROLYSIS; PARAMETERIZATION; TECHNICAL EFFICIENCY;

DESIGN; ENZYMATIC ACTIVITY; FERMENTATION; HYDROLYSIS;

EID: 85035121501     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2017.11.002     Document Type: Article

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