Energy Efficiency Improvement in a Modified Ethanol Process from Acetic Acid

For the high utilization of abundant lignocellulose, which is difficult to directly convert into ethanol, an energy-efficient ethanol production process using acetic acid was examined, and its energy saving performance, economics, and thermodynamic efficiency were compared with the conventional proc...

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Main Author: Young Han Kim
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2016-11-01
Series:Entropy
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Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/1099-4300/18/12/422