Availability of corn stover as a sustainable feedstock for bioethanol production

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 17-25

  Kadam, Kiran L ^a   McMillan, James D ^a  

^a NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Corn stover; Ethanol; Fiberboard; Furfural; Medium density fiberboard (MDF); Particleboard; Pulp and paper; Strawboard

Indexed keywords

FEEDSTOCKS; FERMENTATION; FURFURAL; HARDWOODS; PULP;

CORN STOVER;

ETHANOL;

FURFURAL;

BIOFUEL; CROP RESIDUE; ETHANOL;

ALCOHOL PRODUCTION; BIOMASS; CORN; FERMENTATION; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULP PROCESSING; REVIEW; STRAW; UNITED STATES;

UNITED STATES;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0037402738     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0960-8524(02)00269-9     Document Type: Article

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