Production of butanol from palm empty fruit bunches hydrolyzate by Clostridium acetobutylicum

Energy Procedia

Volumn 9, Issue , 2011, Pages 140-146

  Noomtim, Piyoungkoon ^a   Cheirsilp, Benjamas ^b  

^a PRINCE OF SONGKLA UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b Department of Industrial Biotechnology Palm Oil Products and Technology Research Center (POPTEC) Faculty of Agro Industry   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Acetone butanol ethanol (ABE); Acid hydrolysis; Cellulase; Clostridium sp.; Oil palm empty fruit bunch

Indexed keywords

EID: 82555196138     PISSN: 18766102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1016/j.egypro.2011.09.015     Document Type: Conference Paper

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