Autothermal, single-stage, performic acid pretreatment of Miscanthus x giganteus for the rapid fractionation of its biomass components into a lignin/hemicellulose-rich liquor and a cellulase-digestible pulp

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 109, Issue , 2012, Pages 173-177

  Haverty, Donncha ^a   Dussan, Karla ^a   Piterina, A V ^a   Leahy, J J ^a   Hayes, M H B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Biorefining; Cellulose hydrolysis; Delignification; Lignocellulose; Performic acid pretreatment

Indexed keywords

AUTO-THERMAL; BIOMASS COMPONENTS; BIOREFINING; CELLULOSE HYDROLYSIS; CRYSTALLINE CELLULOSE; DECOMPOSITION REACTION; LIGNIN CONTENTS; LIGNOCELLULOSE; MISCANTHUS; MISCANTHUS X GIGANTEUS; PERFORMIC ACIDS; RAPID FRACTIONATION; SINGLE STAGE; TIME FRAME;

DELIGNIFICATION; FORMIC ACID; GLUCOSE; LIGNIN; OXIDATION;

CELLULOSE;

CELLULASE; FORMIC ACID; HEMICELLULOSE; LIGNIN; PEROXIDE;

BIOMASS POWER; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CELLULOSE; FRACTIONATION; GLUCOSE; GRASS; HYDROLYSIS; LIGNIN; ORGANIC ACID; REFINING INDUSTRY; SOLUBILIZATION; THERMAL DECOMPOSITION;

ARTICLE; BIOMASS FERMENTATION; DECOMPOSITION; DELIGNIFICATION; ENZYME DEGRADATION; FRACTIONATION; GRASS; HYDROLYSIS; LIQUID; MISCANTHUS X GIGANTEUS; NONHUMAN; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THERMODYNAMICS;

BIOMASS; CELLULASE; CHEMICAL FRACTIONATION; CRYSTALLIZATION; FORMIC ACIDS; GLUCOSE; LIGNIN; PEROXIDES; POACEAE; POLYSACCHARIDES; TEMPERATURE;

BIOMASS; BLACK LIQUORS; CHEMICAL DEGRADATION; HCS PULPING; LIGNINS; OXIDATION; PERFORMIC ACID; PRETREATMENT; PULPING;

MISCANTHUS; MISCANTHUS X GIGANTEUS;

EID: 84857445080     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: 18732976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2012.01.007     Document Type: Article

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