Activation of lignocellulosic biomass for higher sugar yields using aqueous ionic liquid at low severity process conditions

Biotechnology for Biofuels

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Parthasarathi, Ramakrishnan ^a,b   Sun, Jian ^a,b   Dutta, Tanmoy ^a,b   Sun, Ning ^a   Pattathil, Sivakumar ^c,d   Murthy Konda, N V S N ^a   Peralta, Angelo Gabriel ^c,d   Simmons, Blake A ^a,b   Singh, Seema ^a,b  

^a JOINT BIOENERGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^d OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aqueous ionic liquid; Biofuels; Higher sugar yield; Low severity condition; Pretreatment

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE FUELS; BIOFUELS; CARBON; CELLULOSE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; GAS EMISSIONS; GREENHOUSE GASES; IONIC LIQUIDS; LIGNIN; LIQUID SUGAR; LIQUIDS; PLANT CELL CULTURE; SACCHARIFICATION; SOLID SOLUTIONS; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

1-ETHYL-3-METHYLIMIDAZOLIUM ACETATES; AQUEOUS IONIC LIQUIDS; LOW SEVERITY CONDITION; NONCELLULOSIC COMPONENTS; POWDER X RAY DIFFRACTION; PRE-TREATMENT; PRETREATMENT TECHNOLOGY; SUGAR YIELD;

BIOMASS;

BIOFUEL; BIOMASS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; FERMENTATION; SUGAR;

BIOMASS; CARBON; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; DEPOLYMERIZATION; LIGNOCELLULOSE; PRETREATMENT; RENEWABLE RESOURCES; SACCHARIFICATION; SUGAR;

EID: 84980027641     PISSN: 17546834     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13068-016-0561-7     Document Type: Article

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