A comparison of dilute acid- and alkali-catalyzed hydrothermal pretreatments for bioethanol production from brewers' spent grains

Journal of the American Society of Brewing Chemists

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 143-153

  Wilkinson, Stuart ^a   Smart, Katherine A ^b   Cook, David J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b Group Brewing Research   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Bioethanol; Biofuel; Biorefining; Brewers' spent grain; Pretreatment

Indexed keywords

EID: 84899477412     PISSN: 03610470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1094/ASBCJ-2014-0327-02     Document Type: Article

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