Aviation industry's quest for a sustainable fuel: Considerations of scale and modal opportunity carbon benefit

Biofuels

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 33-58

  Warshay, Brian ^a   Pan, Joseph ^a   Sgouridis, Sgouris ^a  

^a KHALIFA UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVIATION INDUSTRY; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; ENERGY INPUTS; PROCESS ENERGY; PROCESSING METHOD; SURFACE MODES; SUSTAINABLE FUELS; SWITCHGRASS; TRANSPORT SYSTEMS; TRANSPORTATION SERVICES;

AVIATION; BIOFUELS; BIOMASS; CARBON; ELECTRIC VEHICLES; ETHANOL; FEEDSTOCKS; GAS EMISSIONS; GREENHOUSE GASES; LIQUIDS; PROCESSING; TRANSPORTATION;

ELECTRIC GENERATORS;

PANICUM VIRGATUM; SALICORNIA;

EID: 84855486318     PISSN: 17597269     EISSN: 17597277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4155/bfs.10.70     Document Type: Review

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