Pulping of empty fruit bunches (EFB) from the palm oil industry by formic acid

BioResources

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 4282-4301

  Ferrer, Ana ^a   Vega, Alberto ^b   Ligero, Pablo ^b   Rodríguez, Alejandro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CÓRDOBA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF A CORUÑA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Biorefinery; Empty fruit bunches; Formic acid; Lignin; Pulp; Sugars

Indexed keywords

BIOREFINERIES; CELLULOSIC PULPS; DEPENDENT VARIABLES; DRY WEIGHT; EMPTY FRUIT BUNCHES; FACTORIAL DESIGN; FIBER LENGTH; HOLOCELLULOSE; KAPPA NUMBERS; NON-WOOD; OPERATING VARIABLES; OPERATIONAL VARIABLES; PALM OIL; RESIDUAL LIGNINS; WOOD MATERIALS;

FORMIC ACID; FRUITS; GLUCOSE; HYDROCHLORIC ACID; LIGNIN; LUMINANCE; PULP; SUGARS; VEGETABLE OILS; VISCOSITY;

WOOD;

FORMIC ACID; FRUITS; GLUCOSE; HYDROCHLORIC ACID; LIGNINS; PULPS; SUGARS; VEGETABLE OIL; VISCOSITY; WOOD;

EID: 84856457210     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19302126     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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