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Title: A review of thermochemical upgrading of pyrolysis bio‐oil: Techno‐economic analysis, life cycle assessment, and technology readiness

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ORCiD logo [1]; ORCiD logo [2]; ORCiD logo [3]
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  1. Department of Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering Drexel University United States Philadelphia PA USA
  2. Department of Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering Drexel University United States Philadelphia PA USA, BioGEM University of Antwerp Hoboken Belgium
  3. Department of Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering Drexel University United States Philadelphia PA USA, Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering Technion – Israel Institute of Technology Haifa Israel
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1575934
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DE‐EE0006288
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Journal Name:
Global Change Biology. Bioenergy
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Name: Global Change Biology. Bioenergy; Journal ID: ISSN 1757-1693
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Wiley-Blackwell
Country of Publication:
United Kingdom
Language:
English

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Sorunmu, Yetunde, Billen, Pieter, and Spatari, Sabrina. A review of thermochemical upgrading of pyrolysis bio‐oil: Techno‐economic analysis, life cycle assessment, and technology readiness. United Kingdom: N. p., 2019. Web. doi:10.1111/gcbb.12658.
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Sorunmu, Yetunde, Billen, Pieter, & Spatari, Sabrina. A review of thermochemical upgrading of pyrolysis bio‐oil: Techno‐economic analysis, life cycle assessment, and technology readiness. United Kingdom. doi:10.1111/gcbb.12658.
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Sorunmu, Yetunde, Billen, Pieter, and Spatari, Sabrina. Tue . "A review of thermochemical upgrading of pyrolysis bio‐oil: Techno‐economic analysis, life cycle assessment, and technology readiness". United Kingdom. doi:10.1111/gcbb.12658.
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