A comparison of chemical pretreatment methods for improving saccharification of cotton stalks

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 98, Issue 16, 2007, Pages 3000-3011

  Silverstein, Rebecca A ^a   Chen, Ye ^a   Sharma Shivappa, Ratna R ^a   Boyette, Michael D ^a   Osborne, Jason ^b  

^a North Carolina State University   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioethanol; Delignification; Enzymatic hydrolysis; Lignocellulose; Modeling

Indexed keywords

DELIGNIFICATION; LIGNIN; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

BIOETHANOL; OZONE PRETREATMENT; RESIDENCE TIMES;

WASTE TREATMENT;

ALCOHOL; CELLULOSE; GLUCAN; GLUCOSE; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; LIGNIN; OZONE; SODIUM HYDROXIDE; SUGAR; SULFURIC ACID; WATER; XYLAN;

DELIGNIFICATION; LIGNIN; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; WASTE TREATMENT;

CHEMICAL METHOD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COTTON; DEGRADATION; ETHANOL; HYDROLYSIS; LIGNIN; PLANT PRODUCT;

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); COTTON STALK; DEGRADATION; DELIGNIFICATION; HYDROLYSIS; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MODEL; NONHUMAN; PLANT STEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCHARIFICATION; SPARGING; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TEMPERATURE; TIME;

BIOTECHNOLOGY; CELLULOSE; CONSERVATION OF ENERGY RESOURCES; ETHANOL; GOSSYPIUM; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; HYDROLYSIS; OZONE; SODIUM HYDROXIDE; SULFURIC ACIDS; TEMPERATURE;

DELIGNIFICATION; EFFLUENT TREATMENT; ENZYMOLYSIS; LIGNOCELLULOSE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM;

EID: 34247161908     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2006.10.022     Document Type: Article

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