A comparison of direct and indirect liquefaction technologies for making fluid fuels from coal

Energy for Sustainable Development

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 103-129

  Williams, Robert H ^a   Larson, Eric D ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; COAL; COSTS; CRUDE OIL; DEMONSTRATIONS; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY; ETHERS; FUELS; GAS EMISSIONS; GREENHOUSE GASES; LIQUEFACTION; LIQUID FUELS; SYNTHETIC FUELS; UNDERGROUND GAS STORAGE;

CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION; DEMONSTRATION PROJECT; ENVIRONMENTAL CONSTRAINTS; LIQUEFACTION PRODUCTS; PRODUCTION EFFICIENCY; SCIENTIFIC EXPERIMENTS; SYNTHETIC LIQUID FUELS; TECHNOLOGICAL INFRASTRUCTURE;

COAL LIQUEFACTION;

EID: 21744437659     PISSN: 09730826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0973-0826(08)60382-8     Document Type: Article

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