Poplar as a feedstock for biofuels: A review of compositional characteristics

Biofuels, Bioproducts and Biorefining

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 209-226

  Sannigrahi, Poulomi ^a   Ragauskas, Arthur J ^a   Tuskan, Gerald A ^b  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biofuels; Cellulose; Hemicellulose; Lignin; Poplar

Indexed keywords

BIOFUELS PRODUCTION; BIOMASS RESOURCES; BIOMASS YIELD; CHEMICAL CONSTITUENTS; COMPOSITIONAL CHARACTERISTICS; ELEMENTAL COMPOSITIONS; ENZYMATIC PROCESS; FUEL PROPERTIES; GENETIC MODIFICATIONS; GROWING DEMAND; HARMFUL EFFECTS; HEMICELLULOSE; HYBRID POPLAR; IN-DEPTH KNOWLEDGE; LIGNIN CONTENTS; LIGNIN STRUCTURE; LIGNOCELLULOSIC BIOMASS; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; TEMPERATE TREES; TRANSPORTATION FUELS; VALUE ADDED PRODUCTS;

BIOFUELS; BIOMASS; CARBOHYDRATES; CELLULOSE; CULTIVATION; FEEDSTOCKS; FOSSIL FUELS; GAS EMISSIONS; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GASES; LEAKAGE (FLUID); LIGNIN;

ALTERNATIVE FUELS;

BIOMASS; CARBOHYDRATES; CELLULOSE; CULTIVATION; EMISSION; ENZYMATIC ACTIVITY; FUELS; HEMICELLULOSES; LEAKAGE; LIGNINS; LIGNOCELLULOSE; POPULUS; TREES;

EID: 77950419910     PISSN: 1932104X     EISSN: 19321031     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bbb.206     Document Type: Review

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