Process engineering evaluation of ethanol production from wood through bioprocessing and chemical catalysis

Biomass and Bioenergy

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 255-266

  Wei, Lin ^a   Pordesimo, Lester O ^a   Igathinathane, C ^a   Batchelor, William D ^a  

^a MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomass conversion; Catalytic synthesis; Ethanol; Fermentation, Hydrolysis; Pathway, gasification; Wood

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMICAL ENGINEERING; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOCONVERSION; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; BIOMASS; BIOSYNTHESIS; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; ENERGY CONVERSION; ETHANOL; FERMENTATION; FOSSIL FUELS; GAS GENERATORS; GASIFICATION; HYDROLYSIS; MODEL STRUCTURES; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES; SUGAR (SUCROSE); SUGARS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); WOOD;

BIOMASS CONVERSION; BIOMASS REFINING; BIOPROCESSING; BLACK-BOX SYSTEMS; CATALYTIC SYNTHESIS; CHEMICAL CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL SYNTHESIS; ENERGY-CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; ENGINEERING EVALUATIONS; ENGINEERING STANDPOINTS; ETHANOL PRODUCTIONS; FERMENTATION, HYDROLYSIS; HIGH TO LOWS; HYDROLYSIS FERMENTATIONS; INPUT AND OUTPUTS; LIGNOCELLULOSIC BIOMASS; MODELING RESULTS; PATHWAY, GASIFICATION; PERFORMANCE INDEXES; PROCESSING TIME;

ETHANOL FUELS;

BIOMASS; CATALYSIS; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ETHANOL; FERMENTATION; FOSSIL FUEL; HYDROLYSIS; WOOD;

BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOMASS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CATALYSTS; CONVERSION; ETHANOL; FERMENTATION; FOSSIL FUELS; GAS GENERATORS; GASIFICATION; HYDROLYSIS; SUGARS; SYNTHESIS; WOOD;

EID: 59049090547     PISSN: 09619534     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biombioe.2008.05.017     Document Type: Article

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