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Title: Bench-scale demonstration of biological production of ethanol from coal synthesis gas. Topical report 5, Process analysis

Abstract

The economics of converting coal to ethanol by a biological process is quite attractive. When processing 1500 tons of coal per day, the plant generates 85 million gallons of ethanol per year. The return on investment for the process is 110 percent and the payout is 0.9 years.

Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Bioengineering Resources, Inc., Fayetteville, AR (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
OSTI Identifier:
203919
Report Number(s):
DOE/PC/92118-T14
ON: DE96007018
DOE Contract Number:  
AC22-92PC92118
Resource Type:
Technical Report
Resource Relation:
Other Information: PBD: Nov 1995
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
01 COAL, LIGNITE, AND PEAT; 09 BIOMASS FUELS; 33 ADVANCED PROPULSION SYSTEMS; ETHANOL; BIOSYNTHESIS; SYNTHESIS GAS; METABOLISM; CLOSTRIDIUM; GROWTH; BIOREACTORS; DESIGN; ACETIC ACID; CELL CULTURES; BIOTIN; THIAMINE; HYDROGEN SULFIDES; PRESSURE DEPENDENCE; COST

Citation Formats

. Bench-scale demonstration of biological production of ethanol from coal synthesis gas. Topical report 5, Process analysis. United States: N. p., 1995. Web. doi:10.2172/203919.
. Bench-scale demonstration of biological production of ethanol from coal synthesis gas. Topical report 5, Process analysis. United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/203919
. 1995. "Bench-scale demonstration of biological production of ethanol from coal synthesis gas. Topical report 5, Process analysis". United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/203919. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/203919.
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