Impact of pretreatment and downstream processing technologies on economics and energy in cellulosic ethanol production

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>While advantages of biofuel have been widely reported, studies also highlight the challenges in large scale production of biofuel. Cost of ethanol and process energy use in cellulosic ethanol plants are dependent on technologies used...

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Main Authors: Murthy Ganti S, Kumar Deepak
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2011-09-01
Series:Biotechnology for Biofuels
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Online Access:http://www.biotechnologyforbiofuels.com/content/4/1/27