Delignification of sugarcane bagasse using glycerol-water mixtures to produce pulps for saccharification

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 102, Issue 21, 2011, Pages 10040-10046

  Novo, Lísias Pereira ^a   Gurgel, Leandro Vinícius Alves ^a   Marabezi, Karen ^a   Curvelo, Antonio Aprigio da Silva ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b BRAZILIAN CENTER FOR RESEARCH IN ENERGY AND MATERIALS CNPEM   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Delignification; Experimental design; Glycerol; Organosolv; Sugarcane bagasse

Indexed keywords

CENTRAL COMPOSITE DESIGNS; GLYCEROL-WATER MIXTURES; HIGH-CONTENT; ORGANOSOLV; POLYOSES; PRE-TREATMENT; PULP YIELDS; RESIDUAL LIGNINS; SUGARCANE BAGASSE; TIME-PERIODS; TWO-TEMPERATURE;

BAGASSE; DELIGNIFICATION; DESIGN; DESIGN OF EXPERIMENTS; EXPERIMENTS; SACCHARIFICATION; STATISTICS;

GLYCEROL;

ACETIC ACID; BAGASSE; BIODIESEL; CELLULOSE; GLYCEROL; LIGNIN; WATER;

ALCOHOL; CATALYST; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; LIGNIN; SUGAR CANE; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

ARTICLE; CATALYST; CHEMICAL BOND; CHEMICAL REACTION; DELIGNIFICATION; HIGH TEMPERATURE; IONIZATION; NONHUMAN; PREMEDICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULPING; REACTION TIME; SACCHARIFICATION; SUGARCANE; TEMPERATURE; WATER CONTENT;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CELLULOSE; GLYCEROL; LIGNIN; MODELS, CHEMICAL; PAPER; SACCHARUM; WATER;

BAGASSE; DELIGNIFICATION; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; GLYCEROL; MIXTURES; ORGANOSOLV LIGNINS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SUGAR CANE; WATER;

EID: 80053105497     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: 18732976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2011.08.050     Document Type: Article

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