Biomass supply for biofuel production: Estimates for the United States and Canada

BioResources

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 1070-1087

  Kumarappan, Subbu ^a   Joshi, Satish ^a   MacLean, Heather L ^b  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biomass supply; Lignocellulosic biomass; Resource assessment

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL RESIDUE; BIOFUEL PRODUCTION; BIOMASS FEEDSTOCK; BIOMASS SUPPLY; ENERGY INDEPENDENCE; LIGNOCELLULOSIC BIOMASS; LIQUID BIOFUELS; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; RESOURCE ASSESSMENT; SUPPLY FUNCTION; TOTAL BIOMASS;

AGRICULTURAL WASTES; BIOFUELS; FEEDSTOCKS; SOLID WASTES;

BIOMASS;

EID: 68649093721     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19302126     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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