Production of Aromatic Chemicals from Biobased Feedstock

Catalytic Process Development for Renewable Materials

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 183-237

  Dodds, David ^a   Humphreys, Bob ^b  

^a Dodds and Associates LLC   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Biological routes to aromatics; Biomass; Commodity aromatic chemicals; Common aromatic pathway; Non biological routes to aromatics; Pyrolysis

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; BIOMASS; PYROLYSIS;

AROMATIC CHEMICALS; BIO-BASED FEEDSTOCK; BIOLOGICAL ROUTE; COMMON AROMATIC PATHWAY;

AROMATIZATION;

EID: 84883915421     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9783527656639.ch8     Document Type: Chapter

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