Review of pretreatment processes for lignocellulosic ethanol production, and development of an innovative method

Biomass and Bioenergy

Volumn 46, Issue , 2012, Pages 25-35

  Chiaramonti, David ^a   Prussi, Matteo ^a   Ferrero, Simone ^b   Oriani, Luis ^b   Ottonello, Piero ^b   Torre, Paolo ^b   Cherchi, Francesco ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b Gruppo Mossi and Ghisolfi   (Italy)

Author keywords

Autohydrolysis; Biofuel; Enzymatic hydrolysis; Lignocellulosic ethanol; Pretreatment; Steam explosion

Indexed keywords

AUTOHYDROLYSIS; BIOMASS COMPONENTS; BIOMASS FEEDSTOCK; CELLULOSE CRYSTALLINITY; DEGRADATION PRODUCTS; ETHANOL PRODUCTION; GLUCANS; INDUSTRIAL SCALE; INNOVATIVE METHOD; MISCANTHUS; OPERATING CONDITION; PRE-TREATMENT; PRETREATMENT PROCESS; PRETREATMENT SYSTEMS; SOLID MATERIAL; STEAM EXPLOSION;

BATCH REACTORS; BIOFUELS; BIOMASS; CELLULOSE; DEGRADATION; ENZYMATIC HYDROLYSIS; ETHANOL; EXPLOSIONS; INDUSTRY; LIGNIN; SUGARS;

STEAM;

BIOFUEL; BIOMASS; CELLULOSE; CRYSTALLINITY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ETHANOL; HYDROLYSIS; INNOVATION; POROSITY; SOLUBILIZATION;

MISCANTHUS;

EID: 84868483522     PISSN: 09619534     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biombioe.2012.04.020     Document Type: Article

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