Lignocellulosic ethanol production without enzymes - Technoeconomic analysis of ionic liquid pretreatment followed by acidolysis

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 158, Issue , 2014, Pages 294-299

  Oleskowicz Popiel, Piotr ^a,b,e   Klein Marcuschamer, Daniel ^a,b   Simmons, Blake A ^a,b,c   Blanch, Harvey W ^a,b,d  

^a JOINT BIOENERGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

^d University of California   (United States)

^e POZNAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Acidolysis; Biofuels; Ionic liquids; Pretreatment; Technoeconomic analysis

Indexed keywords

BIOFUELS; ENZYMES; HYDROLYSIS; IONIC LIQUIDS; SUGARS;

ACIDOLYSIS; ENZYMATIC SACCHARIFICATION; EXTRACTION EFFICIENCIES; FERMENTABLE SUGARS; IONIC LIQUID PRETREATMENT; LIGNOCELLULOSIC ETHANOLS; PRE-TREATMENT; TECHNO-ECONOMIC ANALYSIS;

EXTRACTION;

ALCOHOL; BASE; IONIC LIQUID; LIGNIN; LIGNOCELLULOSE; SUGAR; ACID;

BIOFUEL; CELLULOSE; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ETHANOL; FERMENTATION; HYDROLYSIS; LIGNIN; POLYSACCHARIDE; SUGAR; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT;

ACIDOLYSIS; ALCOHOL PRODUCTION; ARTICLE; COST; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; EXTRACTION; HYDROLYSIS; LIGNOCELLULOSIC ETHANOL PRODUCTION; LYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; CHEMISTRY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; SYNTHESIS;

ACIDS; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; ETHANOL; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; IONIC LIQUIDS; LIGNIN;

EID: 84896383178     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: 18732976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2014.02.016     Document Type: Article

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