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Progress in bioethanol processing
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A review of the biological and thermochemical methods that could be used to produce bioethanol is made and an analysis of its global production trends is carried out in this paper, where the authors evaluate the utilization of different feedstocks (i.e., sucrose containing, starchy materials, lignocellulosic biomass) is required considering the big share of raw materials in bio-ethanol costs.About:
This article is published in Progress in Energy and Combustion Science.The article was published on 2008-10-01. It has received 1379 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Energy crop & Biofuel.read more
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