Bioenergy and biofuel production: Some perspectives

Bioenergy and Biofuel from Biowastes and Biomass

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 1-17

  Khanal, Samir Kumar ^a   Lamsal, Buddhi P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIO-ENERGY; BIOFUEL PRODUCTION;

EID: 84929547357     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1061/9780784410899.ch01     Document Type: Chapter

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