Research progress of thermodynamic analysis method of bio-fuels
The basic principles and evaluations of three thermodynamic analysis methods that is basing on net energy,exergy and emergy are presented.The application progress on complex issues analysis including energy efficiency,environmental benefits and sustainability of bio-fuels containing corn fuel ethanol etc.is reviewed.At last,the challenges faced when evaluating the comprehensive benefits of such representative bio-fuels as corn fuel ethanol from the perspective of thermodynamics is pointed out.