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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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Sustainable wineries through waste valorisation: A review of grape marc utilisation for value-added products

TL;DR: This review examines value-added uses via the extraction of useful components from grape marc, as well as thermochemical and biological treatments for energy recovery, fuel or beverage alcohol production, and specialty novel products and applications such as biosurfactants and environmental remediation.
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Growing duckweed for biofuel production: a review

TL;DR: The objective of this article is to review the published research on growing duckweed for the production of the biofuels, especially starch enrichment in duckweed plants, and to identify future research need in this area.
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A review on green liquid fuels for the transportation sector: a prospect of microbial solutions to climate change

TL;DR: In this paper, the role and importance of microorganisms such as bacteria and yeasts as catalysts for sustainable production of liquid bio-fuels including bioethanol, biomethanol, biobutanol, bio-ammonia, biokerosene, and bioglycerol are comprehensively assessed.
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Biodiesel production processes and sustainable raw materials

TL;DR: In this paper, a literature review is presented to underline the strategies allowing to improve the sustainability of biodiesel sustainability, including substitution of homogeneous catalyzed processes, nowadays used in the biodiesel industry, by heterogeneous ones.
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Pretreatment of Lignocellulosic Biomass for Biofuel Production

TL;DR: This paper focuses on the treatment of Lignocellulosic Biomass with high-performance liquid chromatography for the conversion of biomass to fuel and its application in the fuel industry.
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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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