Conditioning of dilute-acid pretreated corn stover hydrolysate liquors by treatment with lime or ammonium hydroxide to improve conversion of sugars to ethanol

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 102, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 1240-1245

  Jennings, Edward W ^a   Schell, Daniel J ^a  

^a NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ammonium hydroxide; Cellulose; Conditioning; Detoxification; Overliming

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM HYDROXIDE; CONDITIONING; CORN STOVER; DILUTE-ACID; ETHANOL YIELD; FERMENTING BACTERIA; HYDROLYZE CELLULOSE; LIGNOCELLULOSIC BIOMASS; OVERLIMING; PH ADJUSTMENT; PILOT-SCALE REACTORS; SUGAR LOSS; TOXIC COMPOUNDS; ZYMOMONAS MOBILIS;

AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; CALCIUM; CELLULOSE; DETOXIFICATION; FERMENTATION; GLUCOSE; SUGAR (SUCROSE);

ETHANOL;

ALCOHOL; AMMONIUM HYDROXIDE; ARABINOSE; CALCIUM OXIDE; CELLOBIOSE; FRUCTOSE; GALACTOSE; GLUCOSE; MANNOSE; SUGAR; XYLOSE;

AMMONIUM COMPOUND; BACTERIUM; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CALCIUM; CELLULOSE; DETOXIFICATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ETHANOL; FERMENTATION; HYDROLYSIS; HYDROXIDE; INHIBITION; LIGNIN; LIME; MAIZE; PH; SUGAR; TOXIC SUBSTANCE;

ALCOHOL PRODUCTION; ARTICLE; DETOXIFICATION; FERMENTATION; NONHUMAN; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERATURE; ZYMOMONAS MOBILIS;

CALCIUM COMPOUNDS; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; ETHANOL; FERMENTATION; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; HYDROLYSIS; HYDROXIDES; OXIDES; SULFURIC ACIDS; WASTE PRODUCTS; XYLOSE; ZEA MAYS;

ZEA MAYS; ZYMOMONAS MOBILIS;

EID: 78650713763     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2010.08.024     Document Type: Article

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