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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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Review on Pretreatment Methods and Ethanol Production from Cellulosic Water Hyacinth

TL;DR: In this article, the most commonly used pretreatment methods were acid and alkali, while ionic liquid and microwave assisted methods were used rarely, and the dominant sugars were glucose, xylose, galactose, arabinose, and mannose.
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Production of bioethanol from pre-treated cotton fabrics and waste cotton materials

TL;DR: The obtained results showed that cotton fabric could become an alternative feedstock for the bioethanol production and for potential industrial implementation the waste mercerized cotton scraps would be the materials of choice.
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Regimes of hydrochar yield from hydrothermal degradation of various lignocellulosic biomass: A review

TL;DR: In this paper, a review of different feedstock suitable for hydrothermal carbonization (HTC) that are experimentally investigated and classifies them into five categories like woody biomass, plant biomass, agricultural biomass, algae, and municipal solid waste (MSW).
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Biological pretreatment of rice straw with cellulase-free xylanolytic enzyme-producing Bacillus firmus K-1: Structural modification and biomass digestibility

TL;DR: Insight is demonstrated into the improvement of pretreatment efficiency using a xylan-degrading microorganism, which is an alternative to conventional lignin removal by fungal pretreatment, and the removal of xylan can enhance accessibility of cellulose to cellulases.
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Production of butyric acid from acid hydrolysate of corn husk in fermentation by Clostridium tyrobutyricum : kinetics and process economic analysis

TL;DR: Stable butyric acid production from Corn husk hydrolysate was achieved in repeated-batch fermentation with C. tyrobutyricum immobilized in a FBB, demonstrating that corn husk can be used as an economical substrate for butyic acid production.
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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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