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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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Investigation of heterogeneous solid acid catalyst performance on low grade feedstocks for biodiesel production: A review

TL;DR: In this article, a comprehensive review of solid acid catalyst performance on low grade feedstock, their category, properties, advantages, limitations and possible remedy to their drawbacks for biodiesel production is presented.
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Review: Biofuel production from plant and algal biomass

TL;DR: Algal biomass is attractive raw for biofuel production and does not require complex treatment methods in comparison with lignocellulose-enriched biomass, and many microalgae are mixotrophs, so they can be used as energy source and as sewage purifier simultaneously.
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Life cycle assessment of lignocellulosic bioethanol: Environmental impacts and energy balance

TL;DR: In this paper, a review of the available and updated information concerning to life cycle assessment (LCA) of lignocellulosic bioethanol and to compare its environmental impacts with conventional fossil fuels and the first-generation bio-ethanol is presented.
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Bioconversion of biomass waste into high value chemicals.

TL;DR: The valorization of inexpensive, abundantly available, and renewable biomass waste could provide significant benefits in response to increasing fossil fuel demands and manufacturing costs, as well as emerging environmental concerns.
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Review of the pretreatment and bioconversion of lignocellulosic biomass from wheat straw materials

TL;DR: In this article, the authors summarized the application fields, main pretreatment processing methods and bio-products of wheat straw and detailed novel pretreatment methods and products during the comprehensive utilization of wheat- 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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