Cellulose-Ethanol Pretreatment, Hydrolysis, Fermentation

Ethanol is an alcohol made from the fermentation of the carbohydrate or sugar fraction in
biomass (plant) materials. The most common substrate used for ethanol production in the
United States today is starch from agricultural crops, primarily corn. Only a portion of the
corn kernel (starch fraction) is used to produce ethanol. The other components of the kernel,
such as the germ and hull, are processed into animal feed, corn oil, or other food and
industrial products.
Several organizations are working on technologies to advance pretreatment and
conversion processes to improve the rate of conversion, yield and efficiency for more
economical ethanol production from cellulosic feedstocks. Read

Labels: Cellulosic-Hydrolysis

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