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Bioethanol production from agricultural wastes: An overview

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In this article, a review of available technologies for bioethanol production from agricultural wastes is discussed, which can increase concentrations of fermentable sugars after enzymatic saccharification, thereby improving the efficiency of the whole process.
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This article is published in Renewable Energy.The article was published on 2012-01-01. It has received 1432 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Lignocellulosic biomass & Biofuel.

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Factors regulating cellulolytic gene expression in filamentous fungi: an overview

TL;DR: A review on the molecular mechanism of action of these transcription factors and their effect on the expression of cellulases and hemicellulases can be found in this article , where the authors focus on the effect of gene expression on cellulases.
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Influence of the crystalline structure of cellulose on the production of ethanol from lignocellulose biomass

TL;DR: In this article, the effect of 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium pretreatment on the structure of cellulose and the acquisition of reducing sugars and bioethanol from cellulosic materials was investigated.
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Bioethanol production from steam-exploded rice husk by recombinant Escherichia coli KO11

TL;DR: The efficient production of bioethanol using steam-exploded rice husk is reported here, which is resistant to degradation and contributes to the recalcitrance of lignocelluloses to hydrolysis.
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Role of organosolv pretreatment on enzymatic hydrolysis of mustard biomass for increased saccharification

TL;DR: In this paper, the effect of acid catalyst and acetone organosolv pre-treatment on glucose yield was investigated using a full factorial design of the experiment and subsequent Pareto analysis of their effects.
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Nanotechnology: An Application in Biofuel Production

TL;DR: Nanomaterials have emerging applications in biofuel production due to their unique structural behavior such as small size (nanoscale size) of nanommaterials, which enhance bio fuel production by improving the biosynthesis pathways.
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Features of promising technologies for pretreatment of lignocellulosic biomass.

TL;DR: This paper reviews process parameters and their fundamental modes of action for promising pretreatment methods and concludes that pretreatment processing conditions must be tailored to the specific chemical and structural composition of the various, and variable, sources of lignocellulosic biomass.
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Pretreatment technologies for an efficient bioethanol production process based on enzymatic hydrolysis: A review

TL;DR: This paper reviews the most interesting technologies for ethanol production from lignocellulose and it points out several key properties that should be targeted for low-cost and advanced pretreatment processes.
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Pretreatment of lignocellulosic wastes to improve ethanol and biogas production: a review.

TL;DR: Effective parameters in pretreatment of lignocelluloses, such as crystallinity, accessible surface area, and protection by lignin and hemicellulose are described first, and several pretreatment methods are discussed and their effects on improvement in ethanol and/or biogas production are described.
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Global potential bioethanol production from wasted crops and crop residues

TL;DR: In this article, the global annual potential bioethanol production from the major crops, corn, barley, oat, rice, wheat, sorghum, and sugar cane, is estimated.
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Trends in biotechnological production of fuel ethanol from different feedstocks.

TL;DR: The different technologies for producing fuel ethanol from sucrose-containing feedstocks (mainly sugar cane, starchy materials and lignocellulosic biomass) are described along with the major research trends for improving them.
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