Bioethanol production from wood using paper mill facilities: Wood to ethanol project at North Carolina State University
2008
Nonaka, H.(Mie Univ., Tsu (Japan))
Department of Wood and Paper Science, North Carolina State University (NCSU) is carrying out an exciting project on 'Wood to Ethanol'. The project is aiming at converting an old paper mill to 'bioethanol mill' by introducing some facilities required for the production of bioethanol. Produced pulp is enzymatically hydrolysed to glucose and then fermented to ethanol. Then, the ethanol is distilled and dehydrated. The whole process was evaluated using WINGEMS, a process simulation software specialized for the pulp and paper industry. Production of ethanol from hardwood without paper making is found the best feasible. The simulation would be more reliable by applying experimental data like the relationship between lignin content in the pulp and the yield of glucose.
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