Bioethanol from Brewer’s Spent Grains: Acid Pretreatment Optimization

This study performs a parametric study aiming at the optimization of the acid pretreatment step of brewer's spent grains (BSG) simultaneously with the enzymatic hydrolysis for conversion into simple sugars fermentable to bioethanol. For this purpose three acids and five enzymes were tested, by...

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Main Authors: N.S. Caetano, R.F. Moura, S. Meireles, A.M. Mendes, T.M. Mata
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: AIDIC Servizi S.r.l. 2013-09-01
Series:Chemical Engineering Transactions
Online Access:https://www.cetjournal.it/index.php/cet/article/view/6119