Three Way Comparison of Hydrophilic Ionic Liquid, Hydrophobic Ionic Liquid, and Dilute Acid for the Pretreatment of Herbaceous and Woody Biomass

This paper examines the efficacy of ionic liquid (IL) pretreatment on seven different commercially harvested biomass types: corn stover, miscanthus, pine, sorghum, sugarcane bagasse, switchgrass, and wheat straw in an effort to improve the production of renewable fuels and chemicals from biomass der...

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Main Authors: C. Luke Williams, Chenlin Li, Hongqiang Hu, Jared C. Allen, Brad J. Thomas
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2018-07-01
Series:Frontiers in Energy Research
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fenrg.2018.00067/full