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Genetic strategies to accomplish cellulosic ethanol production |
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| รหัสดีโอไอ | |
| Creator | 1. Tanathorn Vitisant 2. Chompunuch Virunanon 3. Warawut Chulalaksananukul |
| Title | Genetic strategies to accomplish cellulosic ethanol production |
| Publisher | Genetics Society of Thailand |
| Publication Year | 2554 |
| Journal Title | Thai Journal of Genetics |
| Journal Vol. | 4 |
| Journal No. | 1 |
| Page no. | 1 |
| Keyword | biofuels, biomass pretreatment, polysaccharide, bioprocess, biocatalyst |
| ISSN | 8578664 |
| Abstract | Cellulosic ethanol production is one of the fuels which play an important role for human nature in the near future. However, ethanol production at present uses sugar feedstock substrate from sugar cane and starch from cassava. These substrates are food resources for human and animals thus are not appropriate substrates for liquid fuel production. For this reason, cellulosic biomass from cellulose and hemicellulose is an alternative option for liquid fuel production to overcome competitive problems on food cultivated area. However, higher cost of cellulosic ethanol production than petroleum fuels is an important issue that has an impact on liquid fuel manufacture. In this review, useful strategies for cellulosic ethanol process improvement are described in order to create potent alternative energy with economically and commercially acceptable profit. The strategies can be divided into three parts: first, production of hydrolysis enzyme by plant; second, pretreatment of biomass by controlling lignin and cellulose property; and third, increasing polysaccharide amount in biomass for ethanol fermentation. In sumary, all strategies will be enhanced together to access the goal to develop the use of cellulosic ethanol in the near future. |
