The impact of biomass pretreatment on the feasibility of overseas biomass conversion to Fischer-Tropsch products

Energy and Fuels

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 2192-2197

  Zwart, Robin W R ^a   Boerrigter, Harold ^a   van der Drift, Abraham ^a  

^a TNO   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS-TO-LIQUIDS ROUTE; OVERSEAS BIOMASS CONVERSION; PELLETIZATION; SYNGAS; TORREFACTION;

BIOCONVERSION; DENSIFICATION; FISCHER-TROPSCH SYNTHESIS; PYROLYSIS; SYNTHETIC FUELS;

BIOMASS;

EID: 33749638401     PISSN: 08870624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ef060089f     Document Type: Article

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