Liquid fuels from woody biomass

International Journal of Global Energy Issues

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 103-114

  Honnery, Damon ^a,b   Moriarty, Patrick ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Laboratory for Turbulence Research and Aeronautical Combustion   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bio oil; Biodiesel; Bioenergy electricity generation; Cellulosic alcohol; Corn ethanol; Global climate change; Hydrogen fuel; Liquid bioenergy fuels; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

BIODIESEL; BIOMASS; CELLULOSE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CROPS; HYDROGEN FUELS; WOOD FUELS;

BIOENERGY; CELLULOSIC ALCOHOL; LIQUID BIOENERGY FUELS; OIL DEPLETION;

LIQUID FUELS;

ALCOHOL; BIOENERGY; BIOFUEL; BIOMASS; CELLULOSE; CLIMATE CHANGE; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; FUELWOOD; GLOBAL CLIMATE; MAIZE;

BIOMASS; CELLULOSE; FARM CROPS; FUELS; LIQUIDS;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 34347327990     PISSN: 09547118     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJGEI.2007.013651     Document Type: Article

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