Eco-friendly dry chemo-mechanical pretreatments of lignocellulosic biomass: Impact on energy and yield of the enzymatic hydrolysis

Abdellatif Barakat, Santi Chuetor, Florian Monlau, Abderrahim Solhy and Xavier Rouau

Applied Energy, 2014, vol. 113, issue C, 97-105

Abstract: In this study, we developed an eco-friendly dry alkaline chemomechanical pretreatment of wheat straw without production of waste and liquid fractions with objective to save energy input, to decrease the environmental impact and to increase enzymatic hydrolysis.

Keywords: Lignocellulosic biomass biorefinery; Dry pretreatment; Size reduction; Energy efficiency (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2013.07.015

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