Sono-assisted sulfuric acid process for economical recovery of fermentable sugars and mesoporous pure silica from rice straw

Industrial Crops and Products

Volumn 49, Issue , 2013, Pages 705-711

  Rehman, Muhammad Saif Ur ^a,b   Umer, Malik Adeel ^a   Rashid, Naim ^a,c   Kim, Ilgook ^a   Han, Jong In ^a  

^a Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUJRAT   (Pakistan)

^c Development Studies   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Lignocellulosic biomass; Reducing sugars; Rice straw; Silica; Sulfuric acid; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ACID CONCENTRATIONS; BIO-ETHANOL PRODUCTION; FERMENTABLE SUGARS; LIGNOCELLULOSIC BIOMASS; LIQUID TO SOLID RATIO; MESOPOROUS STRUCTURES; REDUCING SUGARS; RICE STRAWS;

BIOMASS; SILICA; SUGARS; SULFURIC ACID; ULTRASONICS;

LIQUID SUGAR;

CELLULOSE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ETHANOL; FERMENTATION; FOSSIL FUEL; LIGNIN; RICE; SILICA; STRAW; SUGAR; SULFURIC ACID; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84880577695     PISSN: 09266690     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.indcrop.2013.06.034     Document Type: Article

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