Biomass ethanol: Technical progress, opportunities, and commercial challenges

Annual Review of Energy and the Environment

Volumn 24, Issue , 1999, Pages 189-226

  Wyman, Charles E ^a,b  

^a DARTMOUTH COLLEGE   (United States)

^b BC International   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELLULOSE DERIVATIVES; COST EFFECTIVENESS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; ETHANOL FUELS; HYDROLYSIS; WASTE UTILIZATION;

LIGNOCELLULOSIC BIOMASS;

BIOMASS;

EID: 0033320056     PISSN: 10563466     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.energy.24.1.189     Document Type: Article

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