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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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Characterization of mixing and yield stress of pretreated wheat straw slurries used for the production of biofuels through tomography technique

TL;DR: In this study, the non-invasive electrical resistance tomography technique was utilized to determine the cavern dimensions as a function of the impeller type and impeller speed, and the cavern sizes were used to measure the yield stress of PWS slurries.
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Technical progress and perspective on the thermochemical conversion of kitchen waste and relevant applications: A comprehensive review

TL;DR: In this article , a comprehensive review of pyrolysis, gasification, hydrothermal carbonization, liquidation, and torrefaction of kitchen waste is presented, as well as the bottleneck and future outlook of the above-mentioned techniques.
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Fast Pyrolysis of Peanut Husk Agroindustrial Waste: Intensification of Anhydro Sugar (Levoglucosan) Production

TL;DR: In this article, a pyroprobe was combined with GC/MS at temperatures ranging from 350 to 600°C to maximize levoglucosan production, and the best result was observed at 550°C.
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Modeling and optimization of bioethanol production planning under hybrid uncertainty: A heuristic multi-stage stochastic programming approach

TL;DR: In this paper , a mixed multi-stage stochastic optimization model is proposed to solve the production planning problem of a bioethanol plant with multiple raw materials simultaneously considering uncertain demand and yield.
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Improvement of Delignification, Desilication and Cellulosic Content Availability in Paddy Straw via Physico-chemical Pretreatments

TL;DR: Syazwanee et al. as mentioned in this paper observed the effect of different pretreatments on cellulose, hemicellulose, lignin and ash content of paddy straw.
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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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