Cellulose pretreatment in subcritical water: Effect of temperature on molecular structure and enzymatic reactivity

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 101, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1337-1347

  Kumar, Sandeep ^a   Gupta, Rajesh ^a   Lee, Y Y ^a   Gupta, Ram B ^a  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cellulase; Cellulose; Crystallinity; Pretreatment; Subcritical water

Indexed keywords

CELLULASE ENZYME; CELLULOSE CRYSTALLINITY; CONSTANT TEMPERATURE; CONTINUOUS FLOW REACTORS; CRYSTALLINITIES; DEGREE OF POLYMERIZATION; DOUBLE-PIPE HEAT EXCHANGERS; EFFECT OF TEMPERATURE; MICROCRYSTALLINE CELLULOSE; PARTIAL TRANSFORMATION; PRE-TREATMENT; PRETREATMENT TEMPERATURE; REACTION TIME; SEM; SEM IMAGE; SUB-CRITICAL WATER; SURFACE CRACKS; VISCOSIMETRY; XRD ANALYSIS;

DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; DYNAMIC POSITIONING; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; PERCOLATION (SOLID STATE); SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SURFACE DEFECTS; THERMAL EFFECTS; X RAY DIFFRACTION; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

CELLULOSE;

CELLULASE; CELLULOSE; WATER;

CELLULOSE; CRYSTALLINITY; ENZYME; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; POLYMERIZATION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONTINUOUS FLOW REACTOR; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; ENZYME MECHANISM; POLYMERIZATION; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION TIME; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; VISCOMETRY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

CALORIMETRY, DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING; CELLULASE; CELLULOSE; CRYSTALLIZATION; HYDROLYSIS; KINETICS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; POLYMERS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE; WATER; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

CALORIMETRY; CELLULASE; CELLULOSE; CRYSTALLINITY; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EID: 71549128042     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2009.09.035     Document Type: Article

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