Ethanol and lignin production from Brazilian empty fruit bunch biomass

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 172, Issue , 2014, Pages 241-248

  Raman, Jegannathan Kenthorai ^a   Gnansounou, Edgard ^a  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Biorefinery; Brazil; Dilute acid pretreatment; EFB; Ethanol

Indexed keywords

CELLULOSE; ENZYMES; ETHANOL; LIGNIN; REFINING;

BIOREFINERIES; BRAZIL; CELLULOSE AND HEMICELLULOSE; COMPOSITIONAL ANALYSIS; DILUTE ACID PRETREATMENT; DILUTE SULFURIC ACID PRETREATMENT; EFB; PRETREATMENT CONDITIONS;

LOADING;

ACETIC ACID DERIVATIVE; ALCOHOL; ALKALI; BIOFUEL; CELLULASE; CELLULOSE; FORMALDEHYDE; GLUCAN; GLUCOSE; GLUCOSIDASE; HEMICELLULOSE; LIGNIN; SODIUM; SULFURIC ACID; XYLAN; XYLOSE;

BIOMASS POWER; BIOTECHNOLOGY; ETHANOL; FRUIT; LIGNIN; REFINING INDUSTRY; SUGAR; SULFURIC ACID;

ACIDITY; ALCOHOL PRODUCTION; ARTICLE; ASH; BIOMASS; BRAZIL; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DILUTION; ELAEIS GUINEENSIS; FERMENTATION; FRUIT; INDUSTRY AND INDUSTRIAL PHENOMENA; LIGNIN PRODUCTION; LIQUID; NONHUMAN; PLANTATION; SACCHARIFICATION; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SOLID; TEMPERATURE; ARECACEAE; CHEMISTRY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION;

BRAZIL;

ARECACEAE; BIOFUELS; BIOMASS; BRAZIL; ETHANOL; FERMENTATION; LIGNIN;

EID: 84907479606     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: 18732976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2014.09.043     Document Type: Article

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