Nuclear energy for a low-carbon-dioxide-emission transportation system with liquid fuels

Nuclear Technology

Volumn 164, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 348-367

  Forsberg, Charles W ^a,b  

^a OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

Author keywords

Biofuels; Liquid fuels; Oil refining; Shale oil

Indexed keywords

BIOCONVERSION; BIOFUELS; BIOMASS; CARBON DIOXIDE; CRUDE OIL; ETHANOL; ETHANOL FUELS; FOSSIL FUELS; FUELS; GAS EMISSIONS; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GASES; HYDROCARBON REFINING; HYDROCARBONS; LIQUID FUELS; LIQUIDS; NUCLEAR ENERGY; PETROLEUM REFINING; PETROLEUM TRANSPORTATION; REFINING; SHALE OIL; TEMPERATURE; TRANSPORTATION; WELL STIMULATION;

BIOMASS CONVERSION; CARBON DIOXIDE EMISSIONS; CELLULOSIC BIOMASS; ETHANOL PRODUCTION; OIL REFINING; THERMOCHEMICAL PRODUCTION; TRANSPORT SECTORS; TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM;

LOW TEMPERATURE PRODUCTION;

AUTOMOTIVE ENGINES; BIOMASS; CARBON DIOXIDE; CRUDE OIL; EMISSION; ETHANOL; FOSSIL FUELS; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; HYDROCARBONS; LEAKAGE; NUCLEAR POWER; REFINING; RENEWABLE RESOURCES; STIMULATION; VEHICLES;

EID: 58149112290     PISSN: 00295450     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.13182/NT164-348     Document Type: Article

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