Coupling of glycerol processing with Fischer–Tropsch synthesis for production of liquid fuels

Green Chemistry

Volumn 9, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1073-1083

  Simonetti, Dante A ^a   Rass Hansen, Jeppe ^a,b   Kunkes, Edward L ^a   Soares, Ricardo R ^a,c   Dumesic, James A ^a  

^a University of Wisconsin Madison   (United States)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF UBERLÂNDIA   (Brazil)

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EID: 34848878684     PISSN: 14639262     EISSN: 14639270     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/b704476c     Document Type: Article

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