Green processing of tropical banagrass into biofuel and biobased products: An innovative biorefinery approach

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 102, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 1587-1592

  Takara, Devin ^a   Khanal, Samir Kumar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Biofuel; Biorefinery; Green wet processing; Lignocellulosic biomass; Pretreatment

Indexed keywords

ACID CONCENTRATIONS; BANAGRASS; BIO-BASED PRODUCTS; BIOREFINERIES; DILUTE SULFURIC ACID; FUNGAL BIOMASS; GREEN PROCESSING; GREEN/WET PROCESSING; LIGNOCELLULOSIC BIOMASS; MONOMERIC SUGARS; PENNISETUM PURPUREUM; PRE-TREATMENT; PROTEIN PRODUCTION; RESIDENCE TIME; RHIZOPUS MICROSPORUS; SOLUBLE SUGARS; TOTAL SUGARS; ULTRA-SONICATION;

BIOCONVERSION; BIOFUELS; GLUCOSE; SUGAR (SUCROSE); SULFURIC ACID;

BIOMASS;

ACTIVATED CARBON; BIOFUEL; GLUCOSE; SUGAR; SULFURIC ACID; XYLOSE;

BIOENERGY; BIOFUEL; BIOMASS; BIOREACTOR; CULTIVATION; EDIBLE SPECIES; FOOD SUPPLEMENTATION; FUNGUS; GRASS; PROTEIN; SUGAR; ULTRASONICS;

AQUACULTURE; ARTICLE; BANAGRASS; BIOFUEL PRODUCTION; BIOMASS; CHEMICAL REACTION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTRACTION; FOOD; FUNGAL BIOMASS; FUNGUS; GRASS; NONHUMAN; PENNISETUM PURPUREUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; RHIZOPUS MICROSPORUS; SPECIES CULTIVATION; SUPPLEMENTATION; TEMPERATURE; ULTRASOUND;

AMINO ACIDS; BIOFUELS; BIOMASS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CARBOHYDRATES; GREEN CHEMISTRY TECHNOLOGY; PENNISETUM; RHIZOPUS; SONICATION; SULFURIC ACIDS; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

FUNGI; PENNISETUM PURPUREUM; RHIZOPUS MICROSPORUS;

EID: 78650698469     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2010.08.106     Document Type: Article

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