Beyond oil and gas: The methanol economy

ECS Transactions

Volumn 35, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 31-40

  Surya Prakash, G K ^a   Olah, George A ^a   Goeppert, Alain ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL RECYCLING; DIMETHYL ETHERS; GEOLOGICAL TIME; GLOBAL WARMING PROBLEMS; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; INDUSTRIAL SOURCES; NATURAL CO; OIL AND GAS; PLANT LIFE; RECYCLING CAPABILITY; RECYCLING PROCESS;

CHLOROPHYLL; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; FOSSIL FUELS; FUELS; GLOBAL WARMING; HYDROCARBONS; METHANOL; RECYCLING;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

EID: 84866233000     PISSN: 19385862     EISSN: 19386737     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1149/1.3645178     Document Type: Conference Paper

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