Yoon Y. Lee

TL;DR: The main features of alkaline pretreatment are that it selectively removes lignin without degrading carbohydrates, and increases porosity and surface area, thereby enhancing enzymatic hydrolysis.

TL;DR: The X-ray crystallography data indicate that the basic crystalline structure of the cellulosic component of corn stover is not altered by the ARP treatment, and low-liquid ARP can reduce the liquid throughput and residence time to 3.3 mL/g-biomass and 10-12 min, without adversely affecting the overall effectiveness.

TL;DR: The results show limited differentiation between the projected economic performances of the pretreatment options, except for processes that exhibit significantly lower monomer sugar and resulting ethanol yields.

TL;DR: In this article, a flow-through pre-treatment of switchgrass and corn stover was conducted in a flow through reactor to enhance and optimize the enzymatic digestibility.

TL;DR: Application of the same analytical methods and material balance approaches facilitated meaningful comparisons of glucose and xylose yields from combined pretreatment and enzymatic hydrolysis and microscopy showed changes in different features could impact performance by different pretreatments.