Recent progress in converting biomass to biofuels and renewable chemicals in sub- or supercritical water

Biofuels

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 109-128

  Cheng, Leming ^a   Ye, X Philip ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIO-ETHANOL PRODUCTION; BIOMASS FEEDSTOCK; CONVERSION CHARACTERISTICS; EXPLORATORY RESEARCH; MODEL COMPOUND; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT; REACTION PATHWAYS; RECENT PROGRESS; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT; RESEARCH PROGRESS; SUPERCRITICAL WATER; THERMOCHEMICAL REACTIONS; TRANSPORTATION SECTOR; WASTE VEGETABLE OIL;

BIOETHANOL; CARBOHYDRATES; CELLULOSE; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; ETHANOL; INDICATORS (CHEMICAL); RESEARCH; VEGETABLE OILS;

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EID: 79956157423     PISSN: 17597269     EISSN: 17597277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4155/bfs.09.3     Document Type: Review

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