Utilization of waste nitrogen for biofuel production in China

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews

Volumn 15, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 4910-4916

  Gu, Baojing ^a,b   Liu, Dong ^a   Wu, Xu ^a   Ge, Ying ^a   Min, Yong ^a   Jiang, Hong ^c   Chang, Jie ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c ZHEJIANG A F UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Energy consumption; Land resource; N pollution; Sustainable development; Tibet; Water

Indexed keywords

ENERGY UTILIZATION; RIVER POLLUTION; SURFACE WATERS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WATER;

BIOFUEL PRODUCTION; FEASIBILITY ANALYSIS; GASOLINE DEMAND; LAND RESOURCES; N POLLUTIONS; POTENTIAL WASTES; TIBET; TOTAL ENERGY CONSUMPTION;

BIOFUELS;

EID: 81855175398     PISSN: 13640321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2011.07.062     Document Type: Review

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