Valorisation of food waste to biofuel: current trends and technological challenges

Theoretical Chemistry Accounts

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Karmee, Sanjib Kumar ^a   Lin, Carol Sze Ki ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Biodiesel; Bioethanol; Biofuel; Food waste; Sustainable chemistry

Indexed keywords

EID: 84912099901     PISSN: 1432881X     EISSN: 14322234     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s40508-014-0022-1     Document Type: Article

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