Economic Impact of NMMO Pretreatment on Ethanol and Biogas Production from Pinewood

Processes for ethanol and biogas (scenario 1) and biomethane (scenario 2) production from pinewood improved by N-methylmorpholine-N-oxide (NMMO) pretreatment were developed and simulated by Aspen plus. These processes were compared with two processes using steam explosion instead of NMMO pretreatmen...

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Main Authors: Marzieh Shafiei, Keikhosro Karimi, Hamid Zilouei, Mohammad J. Taherzadeh
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2014-01-01
Series:BioMed Research International
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/320254