THERMO-MECHANICAL PULPING AS A PRETREATMENT FOR AGRICULTURAL BIOMASS FOR BIOCHEMICAL CONVERSION

The use of thermo-mechanical pulping (TMP), an existing and well known technology in the pulp and paper industry, is proposed as a potential pretreatment pathway of agriculture biomass for monomeric sugar production in preparation for further fermentation into alcohol species. Three agricultural bio...

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Main Authors: Ronalds W. Gonzalez, Hasan Jameel, Hou-Min Chang, Trevor Treasure, Adrian Pirraglia, Daniel Saloni Mail
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: North Carolina State University 2011-03-01
Series:BioResources
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Online Access:http://ojs.cnr.ncsu.edu/index.php/BioRes/article/viewFile/BioRes_06_2_1599_Gonzalez_JCTPS_TMP_Pretreat_Biomass/946