Compositional analysis of lignocellulosic feedstocks. 1. Review and description of methods

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 58, Issue 16, 2010, Pages 9043-9053

  Sluiter, Justin B ^a   Ruiz, Raymond O ^a   Scarlata, Christopher J ^a   Sluiter, Amie D ^a   Templeton, David W ^a  

^a NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

72 sulfuric acid hydrolysis; Biofuels; Cellulose; Hemicellulose; Klason lignin; Laboratory analytical procedure; LAP; Lignocellulose; NREL; Summative compositional biomass analysis

Indexed keywords

ACID HYDROLYSIS; HEMICELLULOSE; KLASON LIGNIN; LAP; LIGNOCELLULOSE; NREL; SUMMATIVE COMPOSITIONAL BIOMASS ANALYSIS;

BIOFUELS; CARBOHYDRATES; CELLULOSE; FEEDSTOCKS; HYDROLYSIS; LABORATORIES; LIGNIN; MATERIALS HANDLING; SULFURIC ACID;

BIOMASS;

BIOFUEL; LIGNIN; LIGNOCELLULOSE;

ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CHEMISTRY; DIETARY FIBER; FOOD; WOOD;

BIOFUELS; BIOMASS; DIETARY FIBER; FOOD; LIGNIN; WOOD;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 77956505312     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: 15205118     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jf1008023     Document Type: Article

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