<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Due to growing topicality of indirect land use change, greater shift towards second generation biofuels should be observed. In order to help smaller biogas and bioethanol producers, multi-criteria analysis of lignocellulose pre-treatment is conducted to elucidate the most preferable approach for lignocellulose pre-treatment. There are four main pre-treatment groups – biological, chemical, physical and physochemical pre-treatment. In this article three pre-treatment types were described by highlighting their specific approaches; using multi-criteria analysis a conclusion was reached that the most preferable pre-treatment option for lignocellulose biomass like corn stover or sugarcane is microbiological pre-treatment, as it showed the closest proximity to ideal solution.</p></abstract>

Due to growing topicality of indirect land use change, greater shift towards second generation biofuels should be observed. In order to help smaller biogas and bioethanol producers, multi-criteria analysis of lignocellulose pre-treatment is conducted to elucidate the most preferable approach for lignocellulose pre-treatment. There are four main pre-treatment groups – biological, chemical, physical and physochemical pre-treatment. In this article three pre-treatment types were described by highlighting their specific approaches; using multi-criteria analysis a conclusion was reached that the most preferable pre-treatment option for lignocellulose biomass like corn stover or sugarcane is microbiological pre-treatment, as it showed the closest proximity to ideal solution.

Multi-Criteria Analysis of Lignocellulose Substrate Pre-Treatment

Environmental and Climate Technologies

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Due to growing topicality of indirect land use change, greater shift towards second generation biofuels should be observed. In order to help smaller biogas and...

Multi-Criteria Analysis of Lignocellulose Substrate Pre-Treatment

Published Online: Dec 14, 2020

Page range: 483 - 492

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/rtuect-2020-0118

Keywords
Biological pre-treatment, corn stover, microwave pre-treatment, simple sugars, sugarcane bagasse

© 2020 Ilze Vamza et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Multi-Criteria Analysis of Lignocellulose Substrate Pre-Treatment

Published Online: Dec 14, 2020

Page range: 483 - 492

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/rtuect-2020-0118

KeywordsBiological pre-treatment, corn stover, microwave pre-treatment, simple sugars, sugarcane bagasse

© 2020 Ilze Vamza et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
Biological pre-treatment, corn stover, microwave pre-treatment, simple sugars, sugarcane bagasse