Fundamentals of Biomass Pretreatment at Low pH

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

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 103-128

  Trajano, Heather L ^a   Wyman, Charles E ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b BioEnergy Science Center   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Acid hydrolysis; Cellulose crystallinity; Cellulose degree of polymerization; Dilute acid; Furfural; Glucose; Kinetic models; Levulinic acid; Lignin removal; Neutralization; Pretreatment; Pseudo lignin; Solid catalysis; Sulfur dioxide; Sulfuric acid; Xylo oligomer; Xylose

Indexed keywords

EID: 84886054984     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470975831.ch6     Document Type: Chapter

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