Bioenergy II: Bio-ethanol from municipal solid waste (MSW): The UK potential and implication for sustainable energy and waste management

International Journal of Chemical Reactor Engineering

Volumn 7, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Li, Aiduan ^a   Khraisheh, Majeda ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b QATAR UNIVERSITY   (Qatar)

Author keywords

Ethanol; Municipal solid waste; Sustainability; UK

Indexed keywords

BIOETHANOL; BIOMASS; CELLULOSE; COST REDUCTION; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; SUBSTRATES; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

BIO-ENERGY; BIO-ETHANOL PRODUCTION; BIO-ETHANOLS; CELLULOSE CONTENT; ORGANICS; RURAL AFFAIRS; SUSTAINABLE ENERGY MANAGEMENT; SUSTAINABLE WASTE MANAGEMENT; UK; WASTE DATUM;

ETHANOL;

CELLULOSE; ENERGY CONSERVATION; ETHANOL; GLUCOSE; SOLID WASTES; SUSTAINABLE FOREST MANAGEMENT; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 73849152445     PISSN: 21945748     EISSN: 15426580     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2202/1542-6580.1920     Document Type: Article

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