Separation of lignin from corn stover hydrolysate with quantitative recovery of ionic liquid

ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 606-613

  Underkofler, Kaylee A ^a,b   Teixeira, Rodrigo E ^c   Pietsch, Stephen A ^c   Knapp, Kurtis G ^c   Raines, Ronald T ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b USA   (United States)

^c Hyrax Energy Inc ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

1 butyl 3 methylimidazolium chloride; Bagasse; biorefinery; centrifugation; corn stover; filtration; techno economics; valorization

Indexed keywords

BAGASSE; BIOMASS; CENTRIFUGATION; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; ECONOMICS; FEEDSTOCKS; FILTRATION; IONIC LIQUIDS; LIGNIN; SUGARS; WATER FILTRATION;

1-BUTYL-3-METHYLIMIDAZOLIUM CHLORIDE; BIOREFINERIES; CORN STOVER; TECHNO-ECONOMICS; VALORIZATION;

LIGNOCELLULOSIC BIOMASS;

BAGASSE; CORN; ECONOMICS; FILTRATION;

EID: 84926501077     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21680485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/sc500731c     Document Type: Article

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