Process considerations and economic evaluation of two-step steam pretreatment for production of fuel ethanol from softwood

Biotechnology Progress

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1421-1429

  Wingren, Anders ^a   Söderström, Johanna ^a   Galbe, Mats ^a   Zacchi, Guido ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COSTS; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; ENZYMES; ETHANOL FUELS; HEAT TREATMENT; PROCESS ENGINEERING; STEAM;

ETHANOL YIELD; STEAM PRETREATMENT; TECHNO ECONOMIC STANDPOINT;

SOFTWOODS;

COSTS; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ENZYMES; ETHANOL; FUELS; HEAT TREATMENT; SOFTWOODS; STEAM;

PICEA;

EID: 5544244645     PISSN: 87567938     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/bp049931v     Document Type: Article

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