A review of recent laboratory research and commercial developments in fast pyrolysis and upgrading

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews

Volumn 15, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 4171-4186

  Butler, Eoin ^a   Devlin, Ger ^a   Meier, Dietrich ^b   McDonnell, Kevin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b Institute of Wood Technology and Wood Biology   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bio oil; Biofuel; Biomass; Pyrolysis; Thermal conversion; Upgrading

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE TECHNOLOGIES; BIO OIL; BIO-OILS; COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT; COMMERCIALISATION; FAST PYROLYSIS; PARADIGM SHIFTS; PILOT SCALE; TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS; THERMAL CONVERSION; TRANSPORT FUEL; TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE; UPGRADING;

BIOFUELS; BIOMASS; CRUDE OIL;

PYROLYSIS;

EID: 80052738816     PISSN: 13640321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2011.07.035     Document Type: Review

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