Pretreatment of switchgrass by ammonia fiber explosion (AFEX)

Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology - Part A Enzyme Engineering and Biotechnology

Volumn 124, Issue 1-3, 2005, Pages 1133-1141

  Alizadeh, Hasan ^a   Teymouri, Farzaneh ^a   Gilbert, Thomas I ^a   Dale, Bruce E ^a  

^a Michigan State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Ammonia fiber explosion (AFEX); Enzymatic hydrolysis; Simultaneous saccharification and fermentation; Switchgrass

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; BIOMASS; ETHANOL; HYDROLYSIS; MOISTURE; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION;

AMMONIA FIBER EXPLOSION (AFEX); AMMONIA LOADING; ETHANOL YIELD; REACTOR TEMPERATURE;

VEGETATION;

ALCOHOL; AMMONIA; GLUCAN;

AMMONIA FIBER EXPLOSION; BIOMASS; CHEMICAL PROCEDURES; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FERMENTATION; GRASS; HYDROLYSIS; NONHUMAN; REACTOR; SACCHARIFICATION; SWITCHGRASS; TEMPERATURE; WEIGHT;

AMMONIA; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CELLULASE; CELLULOSE; CULTURE MEDIA; ENERGY-GENERATING RESOURCES; ETHANOL; HYDROLYSIS; LIGNIN; PLANT COMPONENTS, AERIAL; POACEAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; STEAM; WATER;

AMMONIA; BIOMASS; ETHANOL; HYDROLYSIS; MOISTURE; PLANTS; TEMPERATURE;

PANICUM VIRGATUM;

EID: 18844380446     PISSN: 02732289     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1385/ABAB:124:1-3:1133     Document Type: Conference Paper

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