Overview and evaluation of fuel ethanol from cellulosic biomass: Technology, economics, the environment, and policy

Annual Review of Energy and the Environment

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 403-465

  Lynd, Lee R ^a  

^a DARTMOUTH COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomass; Environment; Ethanol; Fuel

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CELLULOSE; ECOLOGY; ECONOMICS; EVALUATION;

CELLULOSIC BIOMASS; CELLULOSIC ETHANOL FUEL CYCLE; GAS EMISSIONS;

ETHANOL FUELS;

EID: 0030378473     PISSN: 10563466     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.energy.21.1.403     Document Type: Review

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