Comparative Performance of Leading Pretreatment Technologies for Biological Conversion of Corn Stover, Poplar Wood, and Switchgrass to Sugars

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

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 239-259

  Wyman, Charles E ^a,b   Dale, Bruce E ^c,d   Balan, Venkatesh ^c,d   Elander, Richard T ^e   Holtzapple, Mark T ^f   Ramirez, Rocío Sierra ^f   Ladisch, Michael R ^g,h   Mosier, Nathan S ^g   Lee, Y Y ⁱ   Gupta, Rajesh ^j   Thomas, Steven R ^k   Hames, Bonnie R ^k   Warner, Ryan ^l   Kumar, Rajeev ^b,m  

^a University of California Riverside   (United States)

^b BioEnergy Science Center   (United States)

^c Michigan State University   (United States)

^d MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY   (United States)

^f Texas AandM University   (United States)

^g Purdue University   (United States)

^h Mascoma Corporation   (United States)

ⁱ AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^j Chevron ETC 3901 Briarpark Drive   (United States)

^k University of California Riverside ^*

^l DUPONT COMPANY   (United States)

^m UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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Author keywords

Ammonia pretreatment; Cellulosic biomass; Dilute acid pretreatment; Enzymatic hydrolysis; Hot water pretreatment; Hydrothermal pretreatment; Lime pretreatment; Neutral pH pretreatment; Pretreatment; Sulfur dioxide pretreatment

Indexed keywords

EID: 84886014589     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470975831.ch12     Document Type: Chapter

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