Bioethanol production from lignocellulosic biomass: An overview of pretreatment, hydrolysis, and fermentation

Sustainable Utilization of Natural Resources

Volumn , Issue , 2017, Pages 146-186

  Zabed, Hossain ^a   Sahu, J N ^b   Suely, Akter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^b FACULTY OF ENGINEERING   (Brunei Darussalam)

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DOI: 10.1201/9781315153292     Document Type: Chapter

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