A biorefinery process suitable for non-wood fibers

Engineering, Pulping and Environmental Conference 2007, TAPPI

Volumn 2, Issue , 2007, Pages 1238-1258

  Pye, E Kendall ^a   Rushton, Michael ^a   Berlin, Alex ^a  

^a Lignol Innovations Corporation   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biorefining; Ethanol; Non wood fibers; Organosolv

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL WASTES; BIOCHEMICAL ENGINEERING; BIOCONVERSION; BIOMASS; BIOPOLYMERS; CELLULOSE DERIVATIVES; DATA STORAGE EQUIPMENT; ETHANOL; FEEDSTOCKS; FIBER OPTICS; POLYSACCHARIDES; RAW MATERIALS; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES; SACCHARIFICATION; TECHNOLOGY; WOOD; WOOD PRODUCTS;

BIO-REFINERY; BIOREFINERY PROCESS; BIOREFINING; CELLULAR MORPHOLOGY; CHEMICAL-; CO-PRODUCTS; ENZYMATIC SACCHARIFICATION; FUEL ETHANOL; LARGE SCALE PRODUCTIONS; LIGNO-CELLULOSIC MATERIALS; NON-WOOD FIBERS; OPEN STRUCTURES; ORGANOSOLV; PRE TREATMENTS; WOODY BIOMASS;

FIBERS;

BIOMASS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CELLULOSE DERIVATIVES; ETHANOL; FIBER OPTICS; NONWOOD FIBERS; ORGANOSOLV LIGNINS; PLANT RESIDUES; POLYSACCHARIDES; SACCHARIFICATION; WOOD;

EID: 52249086976     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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