Sub- and super-critical water depolymerization of biomass

Energy Sources, Part A: Recovery, Utilization and Environmental Effects

Volumn 32, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1100-1110

  Demirbas, A ^a  

^a SIRNAK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Biomass; Degradation products; Supercritical water

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL DIGESTION; BIOMASS CONVERSION; BIOPRODUCTS; DEGRADATION PRODUCTS; DIRECT LIQUEFACTION; SUB-CRITICAL WATER; SUPER-CRITICAL; SUPERCRITICAL WATER; SUPERCRITICAL WATER CONDITIONS; SUPERCRITICAL WATER GASIFICATION; THERMOCHEMICAL CONVERSION; THERMOCHEMICAL DECOMPOSITION; WASTE STREAM;

BIOCONVERSION; BIOMASS; DEGRADATION; GAS GENERATORS; GASIFICATION; LIQUEFACTION;

REACTION KINETICS;

EID: 77951155480     PISSN: 15567036     EISSN: 15567230     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15567030802606111     Document Type: Article

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