Review: Continuous hydrolysis and fermentation for cellulosic ethanol production

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 101, Issue 13, 2010, Pages 4862-4874

  Brethauer, Simone ^a   Wyman, Charles E ^a  

^a University of California Riverside   (United States)

Author keywords

Continuous fermentation; Enzymatic hydrolysis; Fuel ethanol; Lignocellulosic biomass; Simultaneous saccharification and fermentation (SSF)

Indexed keywords

ACID-CATALYZED HYDROLYSIS; BATCH FERMENTATION; CELLULOSIC BIOMASS; CONTINUOUS FERMENTATION; CONTINUOUS PROCESS; CONTINUOUS PROCESSING; CONTINUOUS SYSTEM; DOWN TIME; ETHANOL PRODUCTION; FERMENTATION PROCESS; FORESTRY RESIDUES; FUEL ETHANOL; GENERATION RATE; HIGH CELL DENSITY; LABOR COSTS; LIGNOCELLULOSIC BIOMASS; LIQUID TRANSPORTATION; LOW COSTS; MICROBIAL CONTAMINATION; PRE-TREATMENT; PRODUCTION COST; REDUCING COSTS; SIMULTANEOUS SACCHARIFICATION AND FERMENTATION; VOLUMETRIC PRODUCTIVITY;

AGRICULTURE; BIOMASS; CELLULOSIC ETHANOL; COST ACCOUNTING; COST REDUCTION; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; EMPLOYMENT; ETHANOL; FERMENTATION; FUELS; PRODUCTIVITY; SACCHARIFICATION; SUGAR (SUCROSE); SUGAR CANE; SUGAR INDUSTRY; WAGES;

ENZYMATIC HYDROLYSIS;

ALCOHOL; GLUCOSE; HEXOSE; LIGNOCELLULOSE; PENTOSE; STARCH; SUGAR; CELLULOSE; LIGNIN;

BIOTECHNOLOGY; CELLULOSE; ENZYME; ETHANOL; FERMENTATION; HYDROLYSIS; INHIBITOR;

ALCOHOL PRODUCTION; ARTICLE; BATCH FERMENTATION; BATCH REACTOR; BIOMASS SUPPORT; CATALYSIS; CELL DENSITY; CONTINUOUS FERMENTATION; CONTINUOUS HYDROLYSIS; CORN; COST CONTROL; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; HYDROLYSIS; HYDROLYSIS KINETICS; INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION; MICROBIAL CONTAMINATION; MOLECULAR MODEL; NONHUMAN; PH MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTUM YIELD; STEADY STATE; SUGARCANE; BIOMASS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CHEMISTRY; ENERGY RESOURCE; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FERMENTATION; KINETICS; PROCEDURES; TRENDS; WOOD;

BIOMASS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CELLULOSE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ENERGY-GENERATING RESOURCES; ETHANOL; FERMENTATION; HEXOSES; HYDROLYSIS; KINETICS; LIGNIN; WOOD;

ACCOUNTING; AGRICULTURE; BIOMASS; COST CONTROL; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ENZYMOLYSIS; ETHANOL; FERMENTATION; LIGNOCELLULOSE; SACCHARIFICATION; SALARIES; SUGAR CANE;

POACEAE; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 77949873378     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2009.11.009     Document Type: Article

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