Chemical engineering in a solar energy-driven sustainable future

AIChE Journal

Volumn 56, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 2762-2768

  Agrawal, Rakesh ^a   Mallapragada, Dharik S ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biofuel; Solar energy; Sustainability; Sustainable chemicals; Sustainable future

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650298227     PISSN: 00011541     EISSN: 15475905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aic.12435     Document Type: Article

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