Bioenergy from Cotton Industry Wastes: A review and potential

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews

Volumn 66, Issue , 2016, Pages 435-448

  Hamawand, Ihsan ^a   Sandell, Gary ^a   Pittaway, Pam ^a   Chakrabarty, Sayan ^b   Yusaf, Talal ^a   Chen, Guangnan ^a   Seneweera, Saman ^b   Al Lwayzy, Saddam ^a   Bennett, John ^a   Hopf, Joshua ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bioenergy; Biomass; Cotton waste; Gin trash, biofuel

Indexed keywords

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; COTTON; ETHANOL; GASIFICATION; ORGANIC CARBON; PYROLYSIS;

BIO-ENERGY; BIOMASS WASTES; COTTON PRODUCTION; COTTON STALK; COTTON WASTES; CURRENT ESTIMATES; ENERGY; FERMENTATION ETHANOL; GIN TRASH, BIOFUEL; INDUSTRY WASTES;

BIOMASS;

EID: 84983365294     PISSN: 13640321     EISSN: 18790690     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2016.08.033     Document Type: Review

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