Economics of butanol fermentation using hyper-butanol producing Clostridium beijerinckii BA101

Food and Bioproducts Processing: Transactions of the Institution of of Chemical Engineers, Part C

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 139-144

  Qureshi, N ^a   Blaschek, H P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Butanol; Butanol price; Capital investment; Clostridium beijerinckii BA101; Fermentation; Fixed capital

Indexed keywords

EID: 0042726305     PISSN: 09603085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1205/096030800532888     Document Type: Article

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