Variation in Miscanthus chemical composition and implications for conversion by pyrolysis and thermo-chemical bio-refining for fuels and chemicals

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 102, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 3411-3418

  Hodgson, E M ^a   Nowakowski, D J ^b   Shield, I ^c   Riche, A ^c   Bridgwater, A V ^b   Clifton Brown, J C ^a   Donnison, I S ^a  

^a ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c ROTHAMSTED RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biorefinery; Cell wall; Energy crop; Lignocellulosic; Miscanthus

Indexed keywords

BIOREFINERIES; CELL WALL; ENERGY CROPS; LIGNOCELLULOSIC; MISCANTHUS;

CROPS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; INDICATORS (CHEMICAL); MASS SPECTROMETRY; PETROLEUM REFINING; REFINING; WALLS (STRUCTURAL PARTITIONS);

CRACKING (CHEMICAL);

FUEL;

BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; BIOFUEL; BIOMASS; BIOMASS POWER; CELLULOSE; ENERGY CROP; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GRASS; LIGNIN; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PLANT BREEDING; PYROLYSIS; REFINING INDUSTRY; THERMOCHEMISTRY;

ARTICLE; BIOMASS; BIOMASS ENERGY; CELL WALL; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HARVEST PERIOD; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; MISCANTHUS X GIGANTEUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYROLYSIS; SPECIES; THERMOGRAVIMETRY;

ANDROPOGON; BIOFUELS; HOT TEMPERATURE; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

MISCANTHUS; MISCANTHUS X GIGANTEUS;

EID: 78650845724     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2010.10.017     Document Type: Article

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