High-yield biomass charcoal

Energy and Fuels

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 652-658

  Antal Jr , Michael Jerry ^a   Croiset, Eric ^a   Dai, Xiangfeng ^a   DeAlmeida, Carlos ^a   Mok, William Shu Lai ^a   Norberg, Niclas ^a   Richard, Jean Robert ^b   Al Majthoub, Mamoun ^b  

^a University of Hawai i at Manoa   (United States)

^b CNRS   (France)

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EID: 0000344555     PISSN: 08870624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ef9501859     Document Type: Article

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