Author： Song Qiong Winter William T. Bujanovic Biljana M. Amidon Thomas E.
Publisher： MDPI
E-ISSN： 1996-1073|7|2|607-618
ISSN： 1996-1073
Source： Energies, Vol.7, Iss.2, 2014-02, pp. : 607-618
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Abstract
Cellulosic ethanol is a sustainable alternative to petroleum as a transportation fuel, which could be made biologically from agricultural and forestry residues, municipal waste, or herbaceous and woody crops. Instead of putting efforts on steps overcoming the natural resistance of plants to biological breakdown, our study proposes a unique pathway to improve the outcome of the process by co-producing high-value nanofibrillated cellulose (NFC), offering a new economic leverage for cellulosic ethanol to compete with fossil fuels in the near future. In this study, glucose has been produced by commercial enzymes while the residual solids are converted into NFC
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