Mild acid pretreatment and enzyme saccharification of Sorghum bicolor straw

Applied Energy

Volumn 92, Issue , 2012, Pages 421-428

  Vancov, T ^a,b   McIntosh, S ^a  

^a Wollongbar Primary Industries Institute   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acid pretreatment; Cellulases; Enzyme saccharification; Inhibitors; Lignocellulose; Sorghum straw

Indexed keywords

BIOETHANOL; CELLULOSE; CORROSION INHIBITORS; DEGRADATION; ENZYMATIC HYDROLYSIS; ETHANOL; FEEDSTOCKS; GLUCOSE; PHENOLS; REACTION RATES; SOLUBILITY; SULFURIC ACID;

ACID PRETREATMENT; AUSTRALIA; BIO-ETHANOL PRODUCTION; CELLULASES; DEGRADATION PRODUCTS; FACTORIAL DESIGN; GLUCOSIDASE; LIGNOCELLULOSE; MILD ACID; PRE-TREATMENT; SECOND GENERATION; SOLID RESIDUES; SOLUBILISATION; SORGHUM BICOLOR; SORGHUM STRAW; SUGAR YIELD; TOTAL PHENOLICS; XYLANASES;

SACCHARIFICATION;

BIOFUEL; BIOMASS POWER; CELLULOSE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ETHANOL; GLUCOSE; HYDROLYSIS; INHIBITOR; PHENOLIC COMPOUND; SOLUBILIZATION; SORGHUM; STRAW; SULFURIC ACID;

AUSTRALIA;

SORGHUM BICOLOR;

EID: 83455202617     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2011.11.053     Document Type: Article

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