High titer and yield ethanol production from undetoxified whole slurry of Douglas-fir Forest residue using pH profiling in SPORL

Biotechnology for Biofuels

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Cheng, Jinlan ^a,b   Leu, Shao Yuan ^b,c   Zhu, J Y ^b   Gleisner, Rolland ^b  

^a NANJING FORESTRY UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b FOREST PRODUCTS LABORATORY   (United States)

^c HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Enzymatic hydrolysis and fermentation; Fermentation inhibitors; Forest residue; High solids processing; High titer biofuel

Indexed keywords

BIOFUELS; CARBOHYDRATES; COST EFFECTIVENESS; COSTS; DETOXIFICATION; ENZYMATIC HYDROLYSIS; ETHANOL; FEEDSTOCKS; FERMENTATION; LOADING; SACCHARIFICATION; SUBSTRATES; TEMPERATURE;

BIOCHEMICAL CONVERSION; EFFICIENT TECHNOLOGY; ENZYMATIC SACCHARIFICATION; FERMENTATION INHIBITORS; FOREST RESIDUE; HIGH-SOLIDS; PRETREATMENT TECHNOLOGY; TRANSPORTATION COST;

FORESTRY;

BIOFUEL; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CONIFEROUS FOREST; DETOXIFICATION; ETHANOL; FERMENTATION; HYDROLYSIS; INHIBITOR; PH; PLANT RESIDUE;

ENZYMATIC ACTIVITY; FERMENTATION; HYDROLYSIS; INHIBITORS;

PSEUDOTSUGA; PSEUDOTSUGA MENZIESII;

EID: 84920894888     PISSN: 17546834     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13068-015-0205-3     Document Type: Article

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