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- Title
Pretreatment of Whole-Crop Harvested, Ensiled Maize for Ethanol Production.
- Authors
M. Thomsen; J. Holm-Nielsen; P. Oleskowicz-Popiel; A. Thomsen
- Abstract
Abstract To have all-year-round available feedstock, whole-crop maize is harvested premature, when it still contains enough moisture for the anaerobic ensiling process. Silage preparation is a well-known procedure for preserving plant material. At first, this method was applied to obtain high-quality animal feed. However, it was found that such ensiled crops are very suitable for bioenergy production. Maize silage, which consists of hardly degradable lignocellulosic material, hemicellulosic material, and starch, was evaluated for its potential as a feedstock in the production of bioethanol. It was pretreated at low severity (185 °C, 15 min) giving very high glucan (∼100%) and hemicellulose recoveries (
- Subjects
CORN; SILAGE; BIOMASS energy industries; ETHANOL as fuel
- Publication
Applied Biochemistry & Biotechnology, 2008, Vol 148, Issue 1-3, p23
- ISSN
0273-2289
- Publication type
Academic Journal
- DOI
10.1007/s12010-008-8134-2