Assessment of costs and benefits of flexible and alternative fuel use in the US transportation sector. Technical report eleven, Evaluation of a potential wood-to-ethanol process.

摘要

In 1988 the Department of Energy (DOE) initiated a comprehensive technical analysis of an alternative-fuel transportation system in the United States. DOE is using the Alternative Fuels Trade Model (ASTM) to provide an integrating framework for its assessment of alternative fuels. The ASTM focuses on the production and consumption of alternative transportation fuels as substitutes for motor gasoline and diesel fuel. The ASTM provides insights into the market effects of introducing alternative transportation fuels. The economic costs and benefits of introducing these substitute fuels are measured, based on a standard social surplus analysis. To keep interested parties informed about the progress of the DOE Alternative Fuels Assessment, this report provides a technical and economic evaluation of a new process under development for producing ethanol from wood.