Biomass pretreatments capable of enabling lignin valorization in a biorefinery process

Current Opinion in Biotechnology

Volumn 38, Issue , 2016, Pages 39-46

  Narron, Robert H ^a   Kim, Hoyong ^a   Chang, Hou Min ^a   Jameel, Hasan ^a   Park, Sunkyu ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKALINITY; CARBOHYDRATES; DELIGNIFICATION; REFINING;

BIOMASS UTILIZATION; BIOREFINERIES; BIOREFINERY PROCESS; PRE-TREATMENT; PRE-TREATMENTS; TECHNO-ECONOMIC STUDIES;

LIGNIN;

ACID; ALKALI; CARBOHYDRATE; LIGNIN;

ACIDOLYSIS; BIOMASS; BIOREFINERY PROCESS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CHEMICAL PROCEDURES; CHEMICAL REACTION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONDENSATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGRADATION; DELIGNIFICATION; HYDROLYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; VALORIZATION; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; METABOLISM; PH;

BIOMASS; CARBOHYDRATES; FUELS; LIGNINS; LIGNOCELLULOSE; PRODUCTION;

BIOMASS; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CARBOHYDRATES; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; HYDROLYSIS; LIGNIN;

EID: 84954493658     PISSN: 09581669     EISSN: 18790429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.copbio.2015.12.018     Document Type: Review

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