Andrew J. McAloon

TL;DR: A computer model to estimate the capital and operating costs of a moderately-sized industrial biodiesel production facility was developed and found the production cost of biodiesel was found to vary inversely and linearly with variations in the market value of glycerol, increasing by US dollar 0.0022/l (dollar 0.065/gal) for every US dollar0.01/lb change in oil cost.

TL;DR: Hardwood biochar (black carbon) produced by traditional methods (kilns or soil pits) possessed the most consistent yield increases when added to soils, and the universality of this conclusion requires further evaluation due to the highly skewed feedstock preferences within existing studies.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors compare the two processes as mature technologies, which requires assuming that the technology improvements needed to make the lignocellulosic process commercializable are achieved, and enough plants have been built to make design well-understood.

TL;DR: In this paper, a process and cost model for a conventional corn dry-grind processing facility producing 119 million kg/year (40 million gal/year) of ethanol was developed as a research tool for use in evaluating new processing technologies and products from starch-based commodities.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors investigated the technological development of ethanol production and resulting cost reductions by using the experience curve approach, scrutinizing costs of dry-grained ethanol production over the timeframe 1980-2005.