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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Brown, Sarah R
• Gregory, Walter M
• Twelves, Christopher J
• Brown, Julia M
• Brown, Julia
• Twelves, Chris

Titel

‘Chemo-radio-sensitisation’ in head and neck cancer

Ist Teil von

• A Practical Guide to Designing Phase II Trials in Oncology, 2014, p.141-150

Ort / Verlag

United Kingdom: John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated

Erscheinungsjahr

2014

Link zum Volltext

Quelle

Wiley Online Library All Obooks

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Thermochemical processing uses heat and/or catalysts to convert organic materials into solids, liquids, gases, and/or thermal energy. Four basic thermochemical processes are considered in this chapter: direct combustion, gasification, pyrolysis, and solvolysis. Direct combustion of solid biomass yields hot flue gas that can be used in either direct‐fired or indirect‐fired process heaters. Gasification yields mostly flammable gases suitable for process heat, power generation, or gaseous and liquid fuel synthesis. Pyrolysis can be used for stationary heat and power applications or upgraded to transportation fuels. Solvolysis can be used to extract chemicals, depolymerize and otherwise deconstruct large organic compounds, or even gasify feedstocks. Thermochemical or biochemical processing of herbaceous or woody biomass produces “deconstructed lignocellulosic biomass” that requires further processing to finished products. Chemical upgrading converts feedstocks into either commodity chemicals and finished fuels or blendstocks suitable for additional upgrading in a conventional petroleum refinery.