ECONOMICS OF CELLULOSIC ETHANOL PRODUCTION: GREEN LIQUOR PRETREATMENT FOR SOFTWOOD AND HARDWOOD, GREENFIELD AND REPURPOSE SCENARIOS

Green liquor pretreatment, a technology presently used worldwide in hundreds of kraft pulp mills, is proposed in this work as a potential pretreatment pathway for the efficient conversion of lignocellulosic biomass into ethanol. Mixed southern hardwood, eucalyptus, and loblolly pine were evaluated t...

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Main Authors: Ronalds W. Gonzalez Mail, Daniel Saloni Mail, Hasan Jameel, Richard B. Phillips, Trevor Treasure
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: North Carolina State University 2011-05-01
Series:BioResources
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Online Access:http://www.ncsu.edu/bioresources/BioRes_06/BioRes_06_3_2551_Gonzalez_TPJ_Econ_Cellul_Ethanol_GreenLiq_SW_HW_Scenarios_1698.pdf