125th anniversary review: Fuel alcohol: Current production and future challenges

Journal of the Institute of Brewing

Volumn 117, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 3-22

  Walker, Graeme M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERTAY DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bioethanol (fuel alcohol); First and second generation feedstocks; Lignocellulose; Pentose fermenting yeasts; Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Indexed keywords

BIOETHANOL FERMENTATIONS; FUEL ALCOHOLS; INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT; LIGNOCELLULOSE; LIGNOCELLULOSIC FEEDSTOCKS; PENTOSE-FERMENTING YEASTS; SECOND GENERATION; TECHNOLOGICAL CONSTRAINTS;

BLENDING; CELLULOSE; CLIMATE CHANGE; DISTILLATION; ETHANOL; FEEDSTOCKS; FERMENTATION; FUELS; GREENHOUSE GASES; INDUSTRIAL PLANTS; INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH; LIGNIN; LIQUIDS; STARCH; SUGAR BEETS; SUGAR CANE; YEAST;

BIOETHANOL;

EID: 82955206192     PISSN: 00469750     EISSN: 20500416     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.2050-0416.2011.tb00438.x     Document Type: Article

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