Exploring alkaline pre-treatment of microalgal biomass for bioethanol production

• Main Authors: Harun, Razif, Jason, W. S. Y., Cherrington, Tamara, Danquah, Michael K.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier 2011
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/40358/1/Exploring%20alkaline%20pre-treatment%20of%20microalgal%20biomass%20for%20bioethanol%20production.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/40358/; http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0306261910004630

We have investigated, for the first time, the alkaline pre-treatment of microalgal biomass, from the species Chlorococcum infusionum, using NaOH for bioethanol production. This pre-treatment step aims to release and breakdown entrapped polysaccharides in the microalgae cell walls into fermentable su...