Ethanol production from non-detoxified whole slurry of sulfite-pretreated empty fruit bunches at a low cellulase loading

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 164, Issue , 2014, Pages 331-337

  Cheng, Jinlan ^a,b   Leu, Shao Yuan ^b,c   Zhu, J Y ^b,d   Jeffries, Thomas W ^e  

^a NANJING FORESTRY UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b FOREST PRODUCTS LABORATORY   (United States)

^c HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^e Xylome Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

Empty fruit bunches (EFB); Fermentation; High solids enzymatic hydrolysis saccharification; High titer ethanol; Pretreatment

Indexed keywords

DELIGNIFICATION; DETOXIFICATION; ETHANOL; FERMENTATION; FRUITS; LIGNIN; YEAST;

EMPTY FRUIT BUNCHES; ETHANOL PRODUCTION; ETHANOL YIELD; HIGH SOLIDS ENZYMATIC HYDROLYSIS/SACCHARIFICATION; LITERATURE STUDIES; PRE-TREATMENT; SOLIDS LOADING;

LOADING;

ALCOHOL; CELLULASE; GLUCAN; LIGNIN; LIGNOCELLULOSE; SULFITE; XYLAN; FURFURAL; HEMICELLULOSE; POLYSACCHARIDE; XYLOSE;

BIOTECHNOLOGY; CELLULOSE; DETOXIFICATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ETHANOL; FERMENTATION; FRUIT; HYDROLYSIS; SLURRY; SULFITE; YEAST;

AGRICULTURAL SLURRY; ALCOHOL PRODUCTION; ARTICLE; DELIGNIFICATION; DETOXIFICATION; DISSOLUTION; ENZYMATIC DEGRADATION; FERMENTATION; FRUIT (STRUCTURE); FRUIT BUNCH; HYDROLYSIS; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCHARIFICATION; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SOLID; SULFONATION; ARECACEAE; BIOSYNTHESIS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECTS; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; FRUIT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; PROCEDURES; TIME;

DELIGNIFICATION; ENZYMATIC ACTIVITY; FERMENTATION; FRUITS; HYDROLYSIS; LIGNINS; LOADING; SACCHARIFICATION; YEASTS;

ARECACEAE; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CELLULASE; ETHANOL; FERMENTATION; FRUIT; FURALDEHYDE; POLYSACCHARIDES; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; SULFITES; TIME FACTORS; XYLANS; XYLOSE;

EID: 84901453162     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: 18732976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2014.04.102     Document Type: Article

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