Effects of Enzyme Formulation and Loadings on Conversion of Biomass Pretreated by Leading Technologies

Aqueous Pretreatment of Plant Biomass for Biological and Chemical Conversion to Fuels and Chemicals

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 261-279

  Gupta, Rajesh ^a   Lee, Y Y ^b  

^a Chevron ETC 3901 Briarpark Drive   (United States)

^b AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomass; Cellulase; Enzyme; Hemicellulase; Hydrolysis; Pretreatment; Xylanase

Indexed keywords

EID: 84886000902     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470975831.ch13     Document Type: Chapter

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