Progress and perspectives in converting biogas to transportation fuels

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews

Volumn 40, Issue , 2014, Pages 1133-1152

  Yang, Liangcheng ^a   Ge, Xumeng ^a   Wan, Caixia ^b   Yu, Fei ^c   Li, Yebo ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^c MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioconversion; Biogas; Ethanol; Higher alcohols; Methanol; Transportation fuels

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; BIOCONVERSION; BIOETHANOL; BIOGAS; CATALYTIC REFORMING; COMPRESSED NATURAL GAS; ENERGY RESOURCES; ETHANOL; ETHANOL FUELS; FISCHER-TROPSCH SYNTHESIS; GAS GENERATORS; GASOLINE; GENETIC ENGINEERING; HYDROGEN FUELS; LIQUEFIED NATURAL GAS; LIQUID METHANE; METHANE; METHANOL; METHANOL FUELS; NATURAL GAS DEPOSITS; NATURAL GASOLINE PLANTS; PETROLEUM DEPOSITS; SYNTHESIS GAS;

COMPRESSED NATURAL GASSES (CNG); HIGH CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; HIGHER ALCOHOLS; LIQUID HYDROCARBON FUEL; MILD OPERATING CONDITIONS; NATURAL GAS RESOURCES; SUSTAINABLE PRODUCTION; TRANSPORTATION FUELS;

NATURAL GAS TRANSPORTATION;

EID: 84908398231     PISSN: 13640321     EISSN: 18790690     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2014.08.008     Document Type: Review

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