Improving the enzymatic hydrolysis of thermo-mechanical fiber from Eucalyptus urophylla by a combination of hydrothermal pretreatment and alkali fractionation

Biotechnology for Biofuels

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Sun, Shaoni ^a   Cao, Xuefei ^b   Sun, Shaolong ^a   Xu, Feng ^a   Song, Xianliang ^a   Sun, Run Cang ^a,b   Jones, Gwynn Lloyd ^c  

^a BEIJING FORESTRY UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SOUTH CHINA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alkali fractionation; Enzymatic hydrolysis; Eucalyptus fiber; Hydrothermal pretreatment

Indexed keywords

BIOETHANOL; BIOMASS; CELLULOSE; FIBERS; HYDROLYSIS; LIGNIN; NATURAL FIBERS;

ENZYMATIC DIGESTIBILITY; EUCALYPTUS FIBERS; HYDROTHERMAL PRETREATMENT; LIGNOCELLULOSIC BIOMASS; PHYSICOCHEMICAL CHARACTERISTICS; PRETREATMENT CONDITIONS; PRETREATMENT TECHNOLOGY; PRETREATMENT TEMPERATURE;

ENZYMATIC HYDROLYSIS;

ANGIOSPERM; BIOFUEL; BIOMASS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CELLULOSE; CRYSTALLINITY; ENZYME; ETHANOL; FRACTIONATION; HYDROLYSIS; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; THERMOMECHANICS;

ENZYMATIC ACTIVITY; EUCALYPTUS; FIBERS; HYDROLYSIS;

EUCALYPTUS; EUCALYPTUS UROPHYLLA;

EID: 84910016628     PISSN: 17546834     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13068-014-0116-8     Document Type: Article

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