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- Title
Cheaper pre-treatment for biofuels or none at all.
- Abstract
The article offers information on the ammonia fibre expansion pre-treatment process developed by professor Bruce Dale and student Ming Lau for corn stover. According to Dale, adding ammonia to cellulosic plant materials makes the breakdown of cellulose and hemicelluloses into fermentable sugars more efficient. Lau explains that their research indicates that the compounds formed during the process improve fermentation. Details about the solvent system developed by chemists to convert cellulose into 5-hydroxymethylfurfural are presented.
- Subjects
AMMONIA; CORN stover; CELLULOSE; BIOMASS energy; DALE, Bruce; MING Lau
- Publication
TCE: The Chemical Engineer, 2009, Issue 813, p16
- ISSN
0302-0797
- Publication type
Article