Production of Chemicals from Biomass

Introduction to Chemicals from Biomass

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 77-101

  Koutinas, Apostolis A ^a   Du, C ^a   Wang, R H ^a   Webb, Colin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arabinoxylans from biomass; Biomass chemical production; Biomass green chemical extraction; Glycerol conversion and green chemical transformation; H2O2 based alkali extraction process and bioethanol production; Lignocellulosic biomass chemical production; Pyrolysis and gasification fuels and chemical production; Succinic acid potential platform chemical

Indexed keywords

EID: 76449102736     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470697474.ch4     Document Type: Chapter

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