• Gas phase conversion of sugars to C3 chemicals 

    Yan, Wei, 1978- (University of Missouri--Columbia, 2008)
    The limited fossil oil reserve, fast-rising crude oil price and increasing environmental concerns make scientists and researchers give a serious look at biomass as feed stocks to produce chemicals and fuels. Five chapters ...
  • The kinetics of non-catalyzed supercritical water reforming of ethanol 

    Wenzel, Jonathan E., 1975- (University of Missouri--Columbia, 2008)
    Agriculturally produced ethanol, a renewable resource, may be reformed noncatalytically into hydrogen by a novel process utilizing supercritical water, which acts synergistically both as a solvent and as a reactant. By ...