Increasing cellulose accessibility is more important than removing lignin: A comparison of cellulose solvent-based lignocellulose fractionation and soaking in aqueous ammonia

Biotechnology and Bioengineering

Volumn 108, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 22-30

  Rollin, Joseph A ^a   Zhu, Zhiguang ^a   Sathitsuksanoh, Noppadon ^a,b   Zhang, Y H Percival ^a,b,c  

^a State University   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c DOE BioEnergy Science Center BESC   (United States)

Author keywords

Biofuels; Biomass pretreatment; Cellulose accessibility to cellulase; Cellulose solvent and organic solvent based lignocellulose fractionation (COSLIF); Lignin removal; Soaking in aqueous ammonia (SAA)

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION SITES; BSA BLOCKING; CELL WALL STRUCTURE; CELLULOSE SOLVENT; CELLULOSE SOLVENT- AND ORGANIC SOLVENT-BASED LIGNOCELLULOSE FRACTIONATION (COSLIF); CELLULOSIC SUBSTRATES; CRYSTALLINITY MEASUREMENTS; ENZYMATIC DIGESTIBILITY; FILTER PAPER UNITS; LIGNIN REMOVAL; LIGNOCELLULOSIC MATERIAL; PRE-TREATMENT; PRE-TREATMENTS; RELATIVE IMPACT; SEM MICROGRAPHS; SOAKING IN AQUEOUS AMMONIAS; SUGAR YIELD; SURFACE AREA; SURFACE PLOTS; SWITCHGRASS; XRD;

AMMONIA; BIOFUELS; BIOMASS; CELLULOSE; DELIGNIFICATION; ENZYMATIC HYDROLYSIS; ORGANIC SOLVENTS; SUBSTRATES; SUGAR (SUCROSE);

LIGNIN;

AMMONIA; CELLULASE; LIGNIN; LIGNOCELLULOSE;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; CARBOHYDRATE ANALYSIS; CARBOHYDRATE SYNTHESIS; CELL WALL; CELLULOSE SOLVENT AND ORGANIC SOLVENT BASED LIGNOCELLULOSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIGNIFICATION; FRACTIONATION; HYDROLYSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NONHUMAN; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

AMMONIA; BIOMASS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CELLULASES; LIGNIN; PANICUM; SERUM ALBUMIN, BOVINE; SOLVENTS; TRICHODERMA;

AMMONIA; BIOMASS; CELLULASE; DELIGNIFICATION; ENZYMATIC ACTIVITY; HYDROLYSIS; LIGNINS; LIGNOCELLULOSE; SOLVENTS; SUBSTRATES; SUGAR;

PANICUM VIRGATUM;

EID: 78649434620     PISSN: 00063592     EISSN: 10970290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bit.22919     Document Type: Article

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