MILD STEAM EXPLOSION AND CHEMICAL PRE-TREATMENT OF NORWAY SPRUCE

The aim of this work is to open up the structure of wood while retaining a large amount of hemicelluloses, in particular (galacto)glucomannans. The effects of pre-treatments on wood meal from spruce (Picea abies) with a reducing agent (NaBH4) combined with steam explosion at very mild conditions wer...

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Main Authors: Kerstin Jedvert, Anna Saltberg, Mikael E. Lindström, Hans Theliander
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: North Carolina State University 2012-02-01
Series:BioResources
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Online Access:http://ojs.cnr.ncsu.edu/index.php/BioRes/article/view/BioRes_07_2_2051_Mild_Steam_Explosion_Pretreat_Spruce/1483