Multi-product biorefineries from lignocelluloses: A pathway to revitalisation of the sugar industry?

Biotechnology for Biofuels

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  Farzad, Somayeh ^a   Mandegari, Mohsen Ali ^a   Guo, Miao ^b   Haigh, Kathleen F ^a   Shah, Nilay ^b   Görgens, Johann F ^a  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biochemical; Biofuel; Biorefinery; Life cycle assessment (LCA); Multi products; Sugarcane residues; Techno economic evaluation

Indexed keywords

ACIDIFICATION; ALDEHYDES; BIOCONVERSION; BIOFUELS; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMMERCE; EARNINGS; ECODESIGN; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY; ETHANOL; EUTROPHICATION; FISCHER-TROPSCH SYNTHESIS; FURFURAL; INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS; INVESTMENTS; LACTIC ACID; METHANOL; ORGANIC SOLVENTS; REFINING; SUGAR INDUSTRY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; SYNTHESIS GAS MANUFACTURE;

BIOCHEMICAL; BIOREFINERIES; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA); MULTI-PRODUCTS; SUGARCANE RESIDUES; TECHNO-ECONOMIC EVALUATION;

LIFE CYCLE;

BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOFUEL; CELLULOSE; DESIGN; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; LIGNIN; REFINING INDUSTRY; SUGAR; SUGAR CANE;

BRAZIL; CHINA; INDIA; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 85019083567     PISSN: 17546834     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13068-017-0761-9     Document Type: Article

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