Effect of steam pretreatment on oil palm empty fruit bunch for the production of sugars

Biomass and Bioenergy

Volumn 36, Issue , 2012, Pages 280-288

  Shamsudin, Saleha ^a,b   Md Shah, Umi Kalsom ^b   Zainudin, Huzairi ^b   Abd Aziz, Suraini ^b   Mustapa Kamal, Siti Mazlina ^b   Shirai, Yoshihito ^c   Hassan, Mohd Ali ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY MALAYSIA PERLIS   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^c KYUSHU INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Autohydrolysis; Elaeis guineensis; Ethanol; Oil palm empty fruit bunch; Steam pretreatment

Indexed keywords

AUTOHYDROLYSIS; CELLULOSIC MATERIAL; CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS; COMMERCIAL EXPLOITATION; CONVERSION ROUTES; ELAEIS GUINEENSIS; FUEL ETHANOL; OIL PALM EMPTY FRUIT BUNCH; PALM OIL; POTENTIAL SUBSTRATE; PRE-TREATMENT; PRETREATMENT PROCESS; RENEWABLE FEEDSTOCKS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPE; STEAM PRETREATMENT;

ETHANOL; FRUITS; HYDROLYSIS; MORPHOLOGY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STEAM; SUGARS; VEGETABLE OILS;

BOILERS;

CELLULOSE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; DIGESTIBILITY; ETHANOL; EXPLOITATION; FRUIT; HYDROLYSIS; LIGNIN; MONOCOTYLEDON; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SUBSTRATE; SUGAR; VEGETABLE OIL;

ELAEIS; ELAEIS GUINEENSIS;

EID: 84355162007     PISSN: 09619534     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biombioe.2011.10.040     Document Type: Article

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