High enzyme loading requirements, slow xylose fermentation and low ethanol productivity
are three of the major issues impeding commercial biochemical production of cellulosic …

Ethanol made biologically from a variety of cellulosic biomass sources such as agricultural
and forestry residues, grasses, and fast growing wood is widely recognized as a unique …

This chapter summarizes the hydrolysis technologies and bioconversion processes
employed for cellulosic ethanol production. Hydrolysis process involves pre‐treatment …

The environmentally-friendly, economically-viable production of ethanol from cellulosic
biomass remains a major contemporary challenge. Much work has been done on the …

Biofuels produced from lignocellulosic biomass can significantly reduce the energy
dependency on fossil fuels and the resulting effects on environment. In this respect …

Production of renewable fuels, especially bio-ethanol from lignocellulosic biomass, holds
remarkable potential to meet the current energy demand as well as to mitigate greenhouse …

Production of fuel ethanol from lignocellulosic feedstocks such as agricultural and forestry
residues is receiving increasing attention due to the unsustainable supply of fossil fuels …

The renewable lignocellulosic biomass is a sustainable feedstock for the production of
bioethanol, which shows the potential to replace fossil fuels. Due to the recalcitrant structure …

In recent years, growing attention has been devoted to the conversion of biomass into fuel
ethanol, considered the cleanest liquid fuel alternative to fossil fuels. Significant advances …

Ethanol production from cellulosic biomass involves five unit operations: pretreatment,
cellulase production, enzymatic hydrolysis, microbial fermentation, and product recovery …