Fundamentals of Biomass Pretreatment by Fractionation

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

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 201-222

  Sannigrahi, Poulomi ^a,b   Ragauskas, Arthur J ^a,b,c  

^a BioEnergy Science Center   (United States)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomass fractionation; Biomass pretreatment; Catalyst; Cellulose; Chemistry; Organosolv delignification; Organosolv lignin; Solvent

Indexed keywords

EID: 84886025780     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470975831.ch10     Document Type: Chapter

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