Understanding biomass feedstock variability

Biofuels

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 111-127

  Kenney, Kevin L ^a   Smith, William A ^b   Gresham, Garold L ^c   Westover, Tyler L ^a  

^a IDAHO NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Biological Sciences Department   (United States)

^c Interfacial Chemistry Department   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS FEEDSTOCK; BIOMASS LOGISTICS; INHERENT VARIABILITY; PARTICLE MORPHOLOGIES; STORAGE PRACTICES; SUPPLY COSTS; UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES;

CARBOHYDRATES; FEEDSTOCKS;

BIOMASS;

EID: 84871571363     PISSN: 17597269     EISSN: 17597277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4155/bfs.12.83     Document Type: Review

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