Decentralized biorefinery for lignocellulosic biomass: Integrating anaerobic digestion with thermochemical conversion

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 250, Issue , 2018, Pages 140-147

  Sawatdeenarunat, Chayanon ^a,c   Nam, Hyungseok ^b   Adhikari, Sushil ^b   Sung, Shihwu ^c   Khanal, Samir Kumar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII AT HILO   (United States)

Author keywords

Anaerobic biorefinery; Digestate; Hydrothermal carbonization; Lignocellulosic biomass; Torrefaction

Indexed keywords

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; BIOCONVERSION; BITUMINOUS COAL; CARBONIZATION; CELLULOSE; REFINING; THERMOCHEMISTRY;

BIOREFINERIES; DIGESTATE; HYDROTHERMAL CARBONIZATION; LIGNOCELLULOSIC BIOMASS; TORREFACTION;

BIOMASS;

CARBOHYDRATE; CELLULOSE; HEMICELLULOSE; LIGNIN; LIGNOCELLULOSE; METHANE; COAL;

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; BIOACTIVITY; BIOENERGY; BIOMASS; BIOREACTOR; CELLULOSE; CHEMICAL REACTION; DIGESTIBILITY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GRASS; INTEGRATED APPROACH; REFINING INDUSTRY; THERMOCHEMISTRY;

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; ARTICLE; BIOENERGY; BIOMASS; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CHEMICAL PROCEDURES; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRY WEIGHT; ENERGY YIELD; HYDROTHERMAL CARBONIZATION; MASS; NONHUMAN; PENNISETUM; PENNISETUM PURPUREUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLID; THERMOCHEMICAL CONVERSION; TORREFACTION; ANAEROBIC GROWTH; BIOREACTOR;

BIOMASS; CARBONIZATION; LIGNOCELLULOSE;

PENNISETUM PURPUREUM;

ANAEROBIOSIS; BIOMASS; BIOREACTORS; CELLULOSE; COAL; LIGNIN; METHANE;

EID: 85034660423     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: 18732976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2017.11.020     Document Type: Article

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