A Resilience perspective on biofuel production

Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 348-359

  Mu, Dongyan ^a   Seager, Thomas P ^b   Rao, P Suresh C ^a,c   Park, Jeryang ^a   Zhao, Fu ^c,d  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Arizona State University   (United States)

^c Purdue University   (United States)

^d PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon to liquid fuels; Conversion; Corn ethanol; Thermochemical

Indexed keywords

BIOFUEL; CARBON;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ECOSYSTEM; HUMAN; INDUSTRY;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; BIOFUELS; CARBON; ECOSYSTEM; HUMANS; INDUSTRY;

EID: 79960713006     PISSN: 15513793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ieam.165     Document Type: Article

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