Novel green liquor pretreatment of loblolly pine chips to facilitate enzymatic hydrolysis into fermentable sugars for ethanol production

Journal of Wood Chemistry and Technology

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 205-218

  Wu, Shu Fang ^a,b   Chang, Hou Min ^a,b   Jameel, Hasan ^b   Philips, Richard ^b  

^a NANJING FORESTRY UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biofuel; green liquor; loblolly pine; pretreatment

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE FRACTIONS; CONVERSION RATES; ETHANOL PRODUCTION; FERMENTABLE SUGARS; FILTER PAPER UNITS; GREEN LIQUORS; H-FACTORS; LIGNIN CONTENTS; LOBLOLLY PINE; MONOMERIC SUGARS; OXYGEN DELIGNIFICATIONS; PRE-TREATMENT; TITRATABLE ALKALIS; TOTAL SUGARS;

CARBOHYDRATES; DELIGNIFICATION; ETHANOL; HARDWOODS; OXYGEN; PULP; PULP REFINING; SODIUM; SUGAR (SUCROSE); SUGAR REFINING;

ENZYMATIC HYDROLYSIS;

CARBOHYDRATES; DELIGNIFICATION; ENZYMATIC ACTIVITY; ETHANOL; GREEN LIQUORS; HARDWOODS; HYDROLYSIS; OXYGEN; PINUS TAEDA; PULPS; REFINING; SODIUM; SUGAR;

EID: 77956930770     PISSN: 02773813     EISSN: 15322319     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02773811003746717     Document Type: Article

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