Pilot-scale cellulosic ethanol production using eucalyptus biomass pre-treated by dilute acid and steam explosion

Biofuels, Bioproducts and Biorefining

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 346-358

  McIntosh, Shane ^a   Zhang, Zhanying ^b   Palmer, Janice ^a   Wong, Heng Ho ^b   Doherty, William O S ^b   Vancov, Tony ^a  

^a NSW Office of Environment and Heritage NSW   (Australia)

^b QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Eucalyptus grandis; pilot scale; pre treatment; simultaneous saccharification fermentation

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CELLULOSIC ETHANOL; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; ETHANOL; FEEDSTOCKS; FERMENTATION; GLUCOSE;

COMBINED SEVERITY FACTORS; EUCALYPTUS GRANDIS; FERMENTATION PROCESS; PILOT SCALE; POLYNOMIAL CORRELATIONS; POTENTIAL FEEDSTOCK; PRE-TREATMENT; STEAM EXPLOSION;

SACCHARIFICATION;

EID: 84978477236     PISSN: 1932104X     EISSN: 19321031     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bbb.1651     Document Type: Article

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