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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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Pretreatment and conversion of lignocellulose biomass into valuable chemicals

TL;DR: Overall, pretreatment is the major step in the successful production of valuable products from lignocellulosic biomass and the success in biofuel and chemical production strongly depends on the pretreatment method used.
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Recent advances in pretreatment technologies for efficient hydrolysis of lignocellulosic biomass

TL;DR: In this paper, various pretreatment technologies employed to diverse biomasses, their mechanism of action, feasibility and practicability for production of bioethanol and other bio-based products has been compared in this article.
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Fungal treated lignocellulosic biomass as ruminant feed ingredient: a review.

TL;DR: Ceriporiopsis subvermispora and Pleurotus eryngii are the most effective fungi to improve the nutritional value of biomass for ruminant nutrition, but conclusions on the effectiveness of fungal delignification are difficult to draw due to a lack of standardized culture conditions and information on fungal strains used.
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Review: Biofuel production from plant and algal biomass

TL;DR: In this article, the main steps for algal biofuel fabrication are the cultivation of biomass, and three methods of biohydrogen production in the microalgal cells: direct biophotolysis, indirect biophotonics, fermentation.
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Industrial technologies for bioethanol production from lignocellulosic biomass

TL;DR: In this paper, the integrated technologies for bioethanol production from lignocellulosic biomass were reviewed by integrating feedstock handling, selective fractionation, synergistic enzymatic hydrolysis, industrial fermenting yeast strains, and simultaneous saccharification and co-fermentation.
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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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