Biomass pyrolysis for chemicals

Biofuels

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 185-208

  De Wild, Paul ^a   Reith, Hans ^a   Heeres, Erik ^b  

^a TNO   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS FEEDSTOCK; BIOMASS PYROLYSIS; BIOREFINERIES; FAST PYROLYSIS; FOSSIL RESOURCES; HEAT AND POWER; NEW TECHNOLOGIES; OIL REFINERIES; PETROCHEMICAL PROCESS; RENEWABLE SOURCES; SELF-SUSTAINABLE; THERMO CHEMICAL PROCESS;

FOSSIL FUELS; PETROLEUM REFINERIES; PYROLYSIS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

BIOMASS;

EID: 79953183970     PISSN: 17597269     EISSN: 17597277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4155/bfs.10.88     Document Type: Review

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