Assessment of freshwater requirements and conservation options for the production of lignocellulosic biofuels and thermoelectricity

AIChE Annual Meeting, Conference Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages

  Lingaraju, Bala P ^a   Lee, Joo Youp ^a   Keener, Tim C ^b   Jeffery Yang, Y ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^b University of Cincinnati   (United States)

^c U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

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