Industrial applications of Cynara cardunculus L. for energy and other uses

Industrial Crops and Products

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 222-229

  Fernández, Jesús ^a   Curt, María Dolores ^a   Aguado, Pedro Luis ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Applications; Biodiesel; Biofuel; Biomass; Cynara

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; DAIRY PRODUCTS; INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS; SUBSTITUTION REACTIONS; VEGETATION;

BIODIESELS; BIOFUELS; CYNARA; PERENNIAL CULTIVATION SYSTEM;

CROPS;

BIOENERGY; BIOFUEL; BIOMASS; DIESEL; ENERGY CROP; SEED; VEGETABLE OIL;

DAIRY PRODUCTS; FARM CROPS; VEGETABLES;

BOVIDAE; CYNARA; CYNARA CARDUNCULUS;

CROP PRODUCTION; CULTIVATION; ELECTRICITY; FUEL; INDUSTRIAL USE; OIL; PLANT MATERIAL; RAW MATERIAL; SEED;

EID: 33845336891     PISSN: 09266690     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.indcrop.2006.06.010     Document Type: Article

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