Fundamentals of Aqueous Pretreatment of Biomass

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

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 129-143

  Mosier, Nathan S ^a  

^a Purdue University   (United States)

Author keywords

Autohydrolysis; Cellulosic biofuels; Hot water pretreatment; Pretreatment; Pretreatment kinetics

Indexed keywords

EID: 84886076907     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470975831.ch7     Document Type: Chapter

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