Alkali pretreatment of softwood spruce and hardwood birch by NaOH/thiourea, NaOH/urea, NaOH/urea/thiourea, and NaOH/PEG to improve ethanol and biogas production

Journal of Chemical Technology and Biotechnology

Volumn 87, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1209-1214

  Mohsenzadeh, Abas ^a   Jeihanipour, Azam ^a,b   Karimi, Keikhosro ^a,c   Taherzadeh, Mohammad J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BORÅS   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ISFAHAN   (Iran)

^c ISFAHAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Alkaline pretreatment; Bioethanol; Biogas; Birch; Enzymatic hydrolysis; Spruce

Indexed keywords

ALKALI PRETREATMENT; ALKALINE PRETREATMENT; BAKER'S YEAST; BIOGAS PRODUCTION; BIRCH; NAOH/THIOUREA; PRE-TREATMENT; PRE-TREATMENTS; SPRUCE; THEORETICAL YIELD;

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; BIOETHANOL; BIOGAS; ETHANOL; HARDWOODS; METHANE; SOFTWOODS;

ENZYMATIC HYDROLYSIS;

ALCOHOL; ALKALI; BIOGAS; CARBON DIOXIDE; METHANE; SODIUM HYDROXIDE; THIOUREA; UREA;

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; ARTICLE; BETULA PENDULA; BIOMASS PRODUCTION; DISSOLUTION; FERMENTATION; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HYDROLYSIS; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; NORWAY SPRUCE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; WOOD;

PICEA;

EID: 84864005709     PISSN: 02682575     EISSN: 10974660     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jctb.3695     Document Type: Article

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