Pathways for biomass-derived lignin to hydrocarbon fuels

Biofuels, Bioproducts and Biorefining

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 602-626

  Laskar, Dhrubojyoti D ^a   Yang, Bin ^a   Wang, Huamin ^b   Lee, John ^b  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomass; Biomass pre treatment; Catalytic processing; Depolymerization; Hydrocarbon; Hydrodeoxygenation; Hydrogenation; Lignin

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS PRE TREATMENTS; CATALYTIC PROCESSING; HYDROCARBON PRODUCTION; HYDRODEOXYGENATION; LIGNIN MODEL COMPOUND; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PROCESSING TECHNOLOGIES; REACTIVE INTERMEDIATE;

BIOCONVERSION; BIOMASS; COMPLEX NETWORKS; DEPOLYMERIZATION; FUELS; HYDROCARBON REFINING; HYDROCARBONS; HYDROGENATION;

LIGNIN;

EID: 84883556345     PISSN: 1932104X     EISSN: 19321031     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bbb.1422     Document Type: Article

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