Solarthermal chemical processing challenges and commercial path forward

Current Opinion in Chemical Engineering

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 211-217

  Weimer, Alan W ^a  

^a University of Colorado at Boulder   (United States)

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EID: 84867275529     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22113398     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.coche.2012.04.003     Document Type: Review

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