PPRODUCTION OF 2ND GENERATION BIOETHANOL FROM LUCERNE – OPTIMIZATION OF HYDROTHERMAL PRETREATMENT
Lucerne (Medicago sativa) has many qualities associated with sustainable agriculture such as nitrogen fixation and high biomass yield. Therefore, there is interest in whether lucerne is a suitable biomass substrate for bioethanol production, and if hydrothermal pretreatment (HTT) of lucerne improves...
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North Carolina State University
2012-02-01
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Online Access: | http://ojs.cnr.ncsu.edu/index.php/BioRes/article/view/BioRes_07_2_1582_Thomsen_JS_Prodn_2nd_Gen_Biothanol_Lucerne/1436 |