) renewable energy system, the focus of this thesis is biomass-based energy for: 1) The prominent contextual relevance these … construction and microeconomic interpretation of three case studies.First, the Brazilian biomass-based renewable industry is … assessed in terms of the levels of physical-assets performance it presents across three-defined ethanol production clusters …

the biomass as source of energy. …

, including biomass in the bioeconomy. Already today, the bioeconomy has a significant share in the EU economy with traditionally … bioeconomy, especially for agriculture and forestry to produce biomass as an industrial feedstock. Numerous studies have been … and considering the sustainability limits of biomass production leads to the conclusion that the expected demand for all …

, including biomass in the bioeconomy. Already today, the bioeconomy has a significant share in the EU economy with traditionally … bioeconomy, especially for agriculture and forestry to produce biomass as an industrial feedstock. Numerous studies have been … and considering the sustainability limits of biomass production leads to the conclusion that the expected demand for all …

In the present work, an ethanol fed Solid Oxide Fuel Cell-Gas Turbine (SOFC-GT) system has been parametrically analyzed … ethanol steam reforming. The hydrogen utilization factor values were kept between 0.7 and 1. The SOFC’s Current …

Corn stover harvest and transport cost functions were estimated for two harvest operations for a proposed biomass-to-ethanol … cost for 50MM gal/year of ethanol output was estimated at $54/dt ($0.77/gal ethanol) for the more intensive harvest method … 50MM gal ethanol output, with an $11 ($9) standard deviation. Costs were found to be at or below $62/dt 90 percent of the …

First-generation grain ethanol biofuel has affected the historical excess capacity problem in U.S. agriculture. Second …-generation cellulosic ethanol biofuel has had difficulty achieving cost-competitiveness. Third-generation drop-in biofuels are under … development. If lignocellulosic biomass from perennial grasses becomes the feedstock of choice for second- and third …

The optimal switchgrass genotype from among 250 alternatives for producing biomass for use in an enzymatic hydrolysis … conversion process to produce ethanol was determined. The consequences of the selected genotype, relative to the most common … commercially available variety, on ethanol production costs and on land requirements are determined. …

The use of gas fermentation for the production of low carbon biofuels such as ethanol or butanol from lignocellulosic … biomass is an area currently undergoing intensive research and development, with the first commercial units expected to … commence operation in the near future. In this process, biomass is first converted into carbon monoxide (CO) and hydrogen (H …

-product biorefinery that uses wheat straw as feedstock to produce ethanol, electricity, and cellulose nanofibers. Nanofibers (nanowhiskers …