Chemicals from biomass: Integrating bioprocesses into chemical production complexes for sustainable development

Chemicals from Biomass: Integrating Bioprocesses into Chemical Production Complexes for Sustainable Development

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 1-461

  Sengupta, Debalina ^a   Pike, Ralph W ^b  

^a JADAVPUR UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 85055845402     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1201/b12341     Document Type: Book

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