A review of cellulosic biofuel commercial-scale projects in the United States

Biofuels, Bioproducts and Biorefining

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 235-245

  Brown, Tristan R ^a   Brown, Robert C ^b  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Iowa State University of Science and Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

Cellulosic biofuels; Cellulosic ethanol; Cellulosic hydrocarbons; Commercialization; Renewable Fuel Standard

Indexed keywords

BIOFUELS; CELLULOSIC ETHANOL; CRACKING (CHEMICAL); ETHANOL; FERMENTATION; FISCHER-TROPSCH SYNTHESIS; GASIFICATION; HYDROCARBONS; REFINING;

CATALYTIC PYROLYSIS; CELLULOSIC BIOFUELS; COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT; COMMERCIALIZATION; CONSOLIDATED BIO-PROCESSING; DILUTE-ACID HYDROLYSIS; METHANOL TO GASOLINES; RENEWABLE FUELS;

ENZYMATIC HYDROLYSIS;

EID: 84877685972     PISSN: 1932104X     EISSN: 19321031     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bbb.1387     Document Type: Article

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