Commercial biomass syngas fermentation

Energies

Volumn 5, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 5372-5417

  Daniell, James ^a   Köpke, Michael ^a   Simpson, Séan Dennis ^a  

^a LanzaTech Limited   (United States)

Author keywords

Biofuels; ethanol; Biomass; Butanol; Clostridium; Gas fermentation; Gasification; Metabolic engineering; Syngas; Synthesis gas; Wood ljungdahl pathway

Indexed keywords

BIOFUELS; BIOMASS; BUTENES; CARBON MONOXIDE; CLOSTRIDIUM; ETHANOL; FERMENTATION; GASES; GASIFICATION; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; METABOLISM; SYNTHETIC FUELS;

ACETOGENIC BACTERIA; BIOMASS GASIFICATION; COMMERCIAL PRODUCTIONS; GAS FERMENTATIONS; LIGNOCELLULOSIC BIOMASS; SYN-GAS; SYNGAS FERMENTATIONS; SYNTHESIS GASSES (SYNGAS);

SYNTHESIS GAS;

EID: 84872148262     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19961073     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/en5125372     Document Type: Review

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