Pretreatment of empty fruit bunch from oil palm for fuel ethanol production and proposed biorefinery process

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 135, Issue , 2013, Pages 275-282

  Tan, Liping ^a   Yu, Yongcheng ^a   Li, Xuezhi ^a   Zhao, Jian ^a   Qu, Yinbo ^a   Choo, Yuen May ^b   Loh, Soh Kheang ^b  

^a SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b MALAYSIAN PALM OIL BOARD   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Biorefinery; EFB; Enzymatic hydrolysis; Ethanol; Pretreatment

Indexed keywords

BIOCONVERSION; ENZYMATIC HYDROLYSIS; ETHANOL; FRUITS; REFINING;

BIOREFINERIES; BIOREFINERY PROCESS; EFB; EMPTY FRUIT BUNCHES; OIL PALM EMPTY FRUIT BUNCHES (EFB); PRE-TREATMENT; PRETREATMENT CONDITIONS; PRETREATMENT PROCESS;

PALM OIL;

CELLULOSE; GLUCOSE;

CARBONATE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ETHANOL; EVERGREEN TREE; FRUIT; HYDROLYSIS; INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION; SULFATE; SULFITE;

ALCOHOL PRODUCTION; ALKALINITY; ARTICLE; BIOFUEL PRODUCTION; CATALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISSOLUTION; ELAEIS; FERMENTATION; HYDROLYSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCHARIFICATION;

ELAEIS;

ALKALIES; ARECACEAE; BIOCATALYSIS; BIOFUELS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; ETHANOL; FERMENTATION; FRUIT; GLUCOSE; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; OXYGEN; PLANT OILS; SULFITES; SULFURIC ACIDS;

EID: 84876471435     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: 18732976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2012.10.134     Document Type: Article

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