Wet Explosion: a Universal and Efficient Pretreatment Process for Lignocellulosic Biorefineries

Bioenergy Research

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 1101-1116

  Biswas, Rajib ^a   Uellendahl, Hinrich ^b   Ahring, Birgitte K ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Anaerobic digestion; Biomass feedstock; Enzymatic hydrolysis; Lignocellulosic biorefineries; Wet explosion pretreatment

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; BIOMASS; CELLULOSE; COST EFFECTIVENESS; COSTS; ENZYMATIC HYDROLYSIS; EXPLOSIONS; FEEDSTOCKS; FORESTRY; HYDROLYSIS; LIGNIN; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; OXYGEN; REFINING;

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION PROCESS; BIOMASS FEEDSTOCK; BIOREFINERIES; EXPLOSIVE DECOMPRESSION; LIGNOCELLULOSIC BIOMASS; ORGANIC FRACTION OF MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTES; PRE-TREATMENT; THERMOCHEMICAL PRETREATMENT;

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION;

EID: 84940963061     PISSN: 19391234     EISSN: 19391242     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12155-015-9590-5     Document Type: Review

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