Production of ethyl levulinate by direct conversion of wheat straw in ethanol media

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 121, Issue , 2012, Pages 93-99

  Chang, Chun ^a   Xu, Guizhuan ^b   Jiang, Xiaoxian ^a  

^a ZHENGZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HENAN AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Biomass; Ethyl levulinate; Response surface methodology; Wheat straw

Indexed keywords

ACID CONCENTRATIONS; DIRECT CONVERSION; ETHYL LEVULINATE; MASS RATIO; MODEL PREDICTION; OPTIMAL CONDITIONS; OPTIMUM CONDITIONS; PROCESSING PARAMETERS; REACTION TEMPERATURE; RESPONSE SURFACE METHODOLOGY; THEORETICAL YIELD; WHEAT STRAWS;

BIOMASS; OPTIMIZATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

ETHANOL;

ALCOHOL; LEVULINIC ACID; LEVULINIC ACID ETHYL ESTER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CHEMICAL COMPOUND; ETHANOL; OPTIMIZATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STRAW; WHEAT;

ARTICLE; BIOMASS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION TIME; RESPONSE SURFACE METHOD; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; WHEAT;

BIOTECHNOLOGY; CELLULOSE; ETHANOL; LEVULINIC ACIDS; PLANT COMPONENTS, AERIAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS; TRITICUM;

TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 84864417648     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: 18732976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2012.06.105     Document Type: Article

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