Steam explosion of sugarcane bagasse as a pretreatment for conversion to ethanol

Biomass and Bioenergy

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 277-287

  Kaar, W E ^a   Gutierrez, C V ^a   Kinoshita, C M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Bagasse; Enzymatic; Ethanol; Reaction ordinate; Saccharification; Steam explosion

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; BAGASSE; BIOMASS; CARBOHYDRATE; EXTRACTION; SACCHARIFICATION; SUGARCANE; UNITED STATES; WATER; XYLOSE;

BIOMASS; CELLULOSE DERIVATIVES; CHEMICAL REACTORS; ENZYMES; ETHANOL; EXTRACTION; GLUCOSE; REACTION KINETICS; SACCHARIFICATION; STEAM; WATER; XYLOSE;

BATCH REACTORS; MONOSACCHARIDES; STEAM EXPLOSION TREATMENT;

BAGASSE;

EID: 0031783597     PISSN: 09619534     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0961-9534(97)10038-1     Document Type: Article

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