Full-scale On-farm Pretreatment of Perennial Grasses with Dilute Acid for Fuel Ethanol Production

Bioenergy Research

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 335-341

  Digman, Matthew Francis ^a,b   Shinners, Kevin J ^b   Muck, Richard E ^a   Dien, Bruce S ^c  

^a U S DAIRY FORAGE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR AGRICULTURAL UTILIZATION RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomass storage; Energy crop; Ethanol; Perennial grass; Pretreatment; Reed canarygrass; Switchgrass

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS STORAGE; ENERGY CROPS; PERENNIAL GRASS; PRE-TREATMENT; REED CANARY GRASS; SWITCHGRASS;

BIOMASS; CARBOHYDRATES; CELLULOSE; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; CROPS; ETHANOL; FARMS; FERMENTATION; OXYGEN; SACCHARIFICATION; SUBSTRATES; YEAST;

SULFURIC ACID;

PANICUM VIRGATUM; PHALARIS; PHALARIS ARUNDINACEA; POACEAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 77957981665     PISSN: 19391234     EISSN: 19391242     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12155-010-9092-4     Document Type: Article

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