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Rosentrater, Kurt |
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Submitted to: Book Chapter
Publication Type: Book / Chapter Publication Acceptance Date: 1/1/2011 Publication Date: N/A Citation: N/A Interpretive Summary: Over the last several years there has been growing interest in producing bioenergy from many biomass feedstocks, including ethanol coproducts. In fact, many have asked about the possibility of burning DDGS. More specifically, some have proposed that ethanol plant efficiencies and energy balances could be improved if the coproducts (or at least a portion thereof) are used for heat and/or electricity generation at the plants themselves. This could be achieved with a variety of thermochemical conversion technologies. We will briefly discuss these in this chapter. Although not intended to be a comprehensive review of thermochemical processing, it is intended to provide an introduction to the major concepts. Technical Abstract: Over the last several years there has been growing interest in producing bioenergy from many biomass feedstocks, including ethanol coproducts. In fact, many have asked about the possibility of burning DDGS. More specifically, some have proposed that ethanol plant efficiencies and energy balances could be improved if the coproducts (or at least a portion thereof) are used for heat and/or electricity generation at the plants themselves. This could be achieved with a variety of thermochemical conversion technologies. We will briefly discuss these in this chapter. Although not intended to be a comprehensive review of thermochemical processing, it is intended to provide an introduction to the major concepts. |
