Hydrothermal processing of biomass from invasive aquatic plants

Biomass and Bioenergy

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 140-145

  Catallo, W James ^a   Shupe, Todd F ^b   Eberhardt, Thomas L ^c  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY AGRICULTURAL CENTER   (United States)

^c USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aquatic weeds; Biomass; Eichhornia sp.; Hydrilla sp.; Hydrothermal reaction systems; Lemna sp.

Indexed keywords

BENZENE; HYDROCARBONS; HYDROTHERMAL SYNTHESIS; OXYGENATION; PHENOLS; PLANTS (BOTANY);

AQUATIC WEEDS; EICHHORNIA; HYDROTHERMAL REACTION SYSTEMS; LEMNA;

BIOMASS;

BENZENE; BIOMASS; HYDROCARBONS; HYDROTHERMAL SYNTHESIS; OXYGENATION; PHENOLS; PLANTS (BOTANY);

AQUATIC PLANT; BENZENE; BIOMASS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; HYDROCARBON GENERATION; HYDROTHERMAL ACTIVITY; INVASIVE SPECIES; MONOCOTYLEDON; PHENOL; PLANT EXTRACT; VOLUME CHANGE;

EICHHORNIA; LEMNA;

EID: 38949212682     PISSN: 09619534     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biombioe.2007.07.009     Document Type: Article

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