Economic Analysis of Cellulosic Ethanol Production from Sugarcane Bagasse Using a Sequential Deacetylation, Hot Water and Disk-Refining Pretreatment

A new process for conversion of sugarcane bagasse to ethanol was analyzed for production costs and energy consumption using experimental results. The process includes a sequential three-stage deacetylation, hot water, and disk-refining pretreatment and a commercial glucose-xylose fermenting <i>...

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Main Authors: Ming-Hsun Cheng, Zhaoqin Wang, Bruce S. Dien, Patricia J.W. Slininger, Vijay Singh
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2019-09-01
Series:Processes
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9717/7/10/642