Advances in ethanol production

CC Geddes, IU Nieves, LO Ingram - Current opinion in biotechnology, 2011 - Elsevier
Barriers to the commercialization of lignocellulosic ethanol include the development of more
robust biocatalysts, reduction of cellulase costs, and high capital cost associated with a …

Stress‐related challenges in pentose fermentation to ethanol by the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae

JRM Almeida, D Runquist… - Biotechnology …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Conversion of agricultural residues, energy crops and forest residues into bioethanol
requires hydrolysis of the biomass and fermentation of the released sugars. During the …

Enhanced ethanol production from Kinnow mandarin (Citrus reticulata) waste via a statistically optimized simultaneous saccharification and fermentation process

HS Oberoi, PV Vadlani, A Nanjundaswamy… - Bioresource …, 2011 - Elsevier
Dried, ground, and hydrothermally pretreated Kinnow mandarin (Citrus reticulata) waste was
used to produce ethanol via simultaneous saccharification and fermentation (SSF). Central …

Second-generation ethanol production from steam exploded barley straw by Kluyveromyces marxianus CECT 10875

MP García-Aparicio, JM Oliva, P Manzanares… - Fuel, 2011 - Elsevier
Barley straw is nowadays being considered a potential lignocellulosic raw material for fuel-
ethanol production as an alternative to starch-or sugar-containing feedstock. In this work …

Structural changes in switchgrass lignin and hemicelluloses during pretreatments by NMR analysis

R Samuel, M Foston, N Jiang, L Allison… - … degradation and stability, 2011 - Elsevier
Switchgrass is currently being developed as a sustainable bio-energy crop due to its broad
adaptability, high mass yield and low agricultural input. Its current conversion to biofuels is …

Simultaneous saccharification and fermentation of Kanlow switchgrass by thermotolerant Kluyveromyces marxianus IMB3: the effect of enzyme loading, temperature …

NK Pessani, HK Atiyeh, MR Wilkins, DD Bellmer… - Bioresource …, 2011 - Elsevier
Switchgrass (Panicum virgatum) was subjected to hydrothermolysis pretreatment and then
used to study the effect of enzyme loading and temperature in a simultaneous …

Ethanol production from wheat straw by recombinant Escherichia coli strain FBR5 at high solid loading

BC Saha, NN Nichols, MA Cotta - Bioresource technology, 2011 - Elsevier
Ethanol production by a recombinant bacterium from wheat straw (WS) at high solid loading
by separate hydrolysis and fermentation (SHF) and simultaneous saccharification and …

Comparison of separate hydrolysis and fermentation and simultaneous saccharification and fermentation processes for ethanol production from wheat straw by …

BC Saha, NN Nichols, N Qureshi, MA Cotta - Applied microbiology and …, 2011 - Springer
Ethanol production by recombinant Escherichia coli strain FBR5 from dilute acid pretreated
wheat straw (WS) by separate hydrolysis and fermentation (SHF) and simultaneous …

Combined supercritical and subcritical conversion of cellulose for fermentable hexose production in a flow reaction system

Y Zhao, HT Wang, WJ Lu, H Wang - Chemical engineering journal, 2011 - Elsevier
Using research on a batch system as basis, a flow reactor was designed and applied in the
combined supercritical and subcritical hydrolysis of cellulose for fermentable hexose …

Comparative studies on hydrothermal pretreatment and enzymatic saccharification of leaves and internodes of alamo switchgrass

Z Hu, M Foston, AJ Ragauskas - Bioresource technology, 2011 - Elsevier
Hydrothermal pretreatment was performed on the leaves and internodes portions of Alamo
switchgrass, Panicum virgatum L., to enhance the digestibility of cellulose towards cellulase …