Engineering Biomass Conversion Processes: A Systems Perspective

AIChE Journal

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 3-18

  Daoutidis, Prodromos ^a   Marvin, W Alex ^a   Rangarajan, Srinivas ^a   Torres, Ana I ^a  

^a University of Minnesota   (United States)

Author keywords

Biofuels; Biorefineries; Kinetic modeling; Optimization; Process design; Reaction mechanism analysis; Reactor design; Supply chain optimization

Indexed keywords

EID: 84871667635     PISSN: 00011541     EISSN: 15475905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aic.13978     Document Type: Article

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