Vision of the U.S. biofuel future: A case for hydrogen-enriched biomass gasification

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 46, Issue 26, 2007, Pages 8863-8874

  Dietenberger, Mark A ^a   Anderson, Mark ^b  

^a FOREST PRODUCTS LABORATORY   (United States)

^b University of Wisconsin Madison   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOREST PRODUCT LABORATORY (FPL); HYDROGEN ENRICHMENT; UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON (UW);

ALCOHOL FUELS; BIOFUELS; ENGINEERING RESEARCH; GASIFICATION; GASOLINE; HYDROGEN; NUCLEAR REACTORS;

BIOMASS;

ALCOHOL FUELS; BIOFUELS; BIOMASS; ENGINEERING RESEARCH; GASIFICATION; GASOLINE; HYDROGEN; NUCLEAR REACTORS;

EID: 38349008537     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie071158w     Document Type: Conference Paper

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