Cellulose decomposition in hot-compressed water with alkali or nickel catalyst

Journal of Supercritical Fluids

Volumn 13, Issue 1-3, 1998, Pages 253-259

  Minowa, Tomoaki ^a   Zhen, Fang ^a   Ogi, Tomoko ^a  

^a NATL INST FOR RSRC AND ENVIRON   (Japan)

Author keywords

Biomass; Catalyst; Cellulose; Near critical water

Indexed keywords

ALKALI CATALYSTS; AQUEOUS PHASE; CATALYST-FREE; CELLULOSE DECOMPOSITION; HOT COMPRESSED WATER; NEAR-CRITICAL WATER; NICKEL CATALYST; OIL PRODUCTION; PRODUCT DISTRIBUTIONS; REACTION MECHANISM; REACTION MIXTURE; REACTION SCHEMES; REACTION TEMPERATURE; SODIUM CARBONATE; STEAM REFORMING; WOODY BIOMASS;

BIOMASS; CELLULOSE; GLUCOSE; METHANATION; NICKEL; NICKEL ALLOYS; REACTION INTERMEDIATES; REFORMING REACTIONS; SODIUM; STEAM ENGINEERING; WATER;

CATALYSTS;

EID: 0000094336     PISSN: 08968446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0896-8446(98)00059-X     Document Type: Article

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