Surfactant as an additive for producing cellulosic sugar from wood residue

• Published in: Bioresources Vol. 14; no. 3; pp. 7332 - 7343
• Main Authors: Tu, Wei-Lin, Ou, Chung-Mao, Guo, Gia-Luen, Chao, Yu
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: 05.08.2019

Due to environmental concerns and the proposed global policies for reducing carbon emissions, lignocellulosic biomass is an attractive renewable feedstock for biofuel and biochemical production. Wood residues from the plywood industry have a lignin content as high as 30.7% ± 0.1%. Diluted acid pretr...