Efficient sugar production from sugarcane bagasse by microwave assisted acid and alkali pretreatment

Biomass and Bioenergy

Volumn 93, Issue , 2016, Pages 269-278

  Zhu, Zongyuan ^a   Rezende, Camila Alves ^b   Simister, Rachael ^a   McQueen Mason, Simon J ^a   Macquarrie, Duncan J ^a   Polikarpov, Igor ^c   Gomez, Leonardo D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Microwave pretreatment; Second generation bioethanol; Sodium hydroxide; Sugarcane bagasse; Sulphuric acid

Indexed keywords

BAGASSE; BIOETHANOL; CARBONIZATION; CAUSTIC SODA; DELIGNIFICATION; ETHANOL; HEATING; HYDROLYSIS; MICROWAVE HEATING; MICROWAVES; SODIUM; SUGARS; SULFURIC ACID;

CONVENTIONAL HEATING; MICROWAVE PRETREATMENT; POTENTIAL FEEDSTOCK; PRETREATMENT METHODS; PRETREATMENT PROCESS; SECOND GENERATION BIOETHANOL; SODIUM HYDROXIDES; SUGAR-CANE BAGASSE;

ENZYMATIC HYDROLYSIS;

ALKALINITY; BIOFUEL; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; CHEMICAL ALTERATION; CROP RESIDUE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HEATING; HYDROLYSIS; MICROWAVE RADIATION; SUGAR CANE; SULFURIC ACID;

BAGASSE; DELIGNIFICATION; ENZYMOLYSIS; ETHANOL; PRETREATMENT; SUGAR CANE; SULFURIC ACID;

EID: 84979779421     PISSN: 09619534     EISSN: 18732909     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biombioe.2016.06.017     Document Type: Article

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