Bioethanol

Air Pollution Prevention and Control: Bioreactors and Bioenergy

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 431-463

  Van Groenestijn, Johan W ^a   Abubackar, Haris N ^b   Veiga, María C ^b   Kennes, Christian ^b  

^a TNO   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF A CORUÑA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Carbon monoxide; Cellulosic ethanol; Clostridia; Saccharomyces; Syngas; Waste gas

Indexed keywords

EID: 84886643754     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781118523360.ch18     Document Type: Chapter

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