Pretreatment of corn stover for sugar production with combined alkaline reagents

Energy and Fuels

Volumn 25, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 4796-4802

  Zhang, Ximing ^a   Xu, Jiele ^a   Cheng, Jay J ^a  

^a North Carolina State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE REAGENTS; CORN STOVER; LOWER COST; NAOH PRETREATMENT; PRE-TREATMENT; PRETREATMENT CONDITIONS; PRODUCTION RATES; RESIDENCE TIME; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SODIUM HYDROXIDES; TOTAL REDUCING SUGARS;

BIOMASS; COST EFFECTIVENESS; ENZYMATIC HYDROLYSIS; SODIUM;

SUGARS;

EID: 80054917383     PISSN: 08870624     EISSN: 15205029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ef201130d     Document Type: Article

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