Studies on physicochemical changes during alkali pretreatment and optimization of hydrolysis conditions to improve sugar yield from bagasse

Journal of Scientific and Industrial Research

Volumn 70, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 952-958

  Janu, Kanakambaran Usha ^a   Sindhu, Raveendran ^a   Binod, Parameswaran ^a   Kuttiraja, Mathiyazhakan ^a   Sukumaran, Rajeev Kumar ^a   Pandey, Ashok ^a  

^a REGIONAL RESEARCH LABORATORY CSIR   (India)

Author keywords

Bagasse; Biofuels; Biomass conversion; Biomass hydrolysis; Cellulase; Pretreatment

Indexed keywords

BIOFUEL; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FTIR SPECTROSCOPY; HYDROLYSIS; OPTIMIZATION; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; POLYMERIZATION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SUGAR; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 80355123903     PISSN: 00224456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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