96/06162 A systems approach for the evaluation of ethanol production based on forages

• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 1996
• Weight: 187 KB
• Volume: 37
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0140-6701
• DOI: 10.1016/s0140-6701(97)83564-3

✦ Synopsis

Fuel ethanol from agricultural crops, 'bioethanol', is more expensive than petrol. The authors consider ways to reduce ethanol costs, by using mixed 'crops to extend the processing-season and by optimising plant capacity. They derived a simple model of general applicability by balancing crop transport costs (which increase wtth plant size) against the (decreasing) production costs.