Abstract
The concept of biorefinery is illustrated here with some industrial example involving the production of biodiesel. Some general cases are given in regard to the production of ethanol. This is an introductory chapter where the focus is concentrated on some of the biggest Finnish companies working in this field and on process integration of different systems provided.
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De Blasio, C. (2019). Integrated Biorefinery Concepts. In: Fundamentals of Biofuels Engineering and Technology. Green Energy and Technology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-11599-9_12
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