AFEX pretreatment and enzymatic conversion of black locust (Robinia pseudoacacia L.) to soluble sugars

• Main Authors: Garlock, Rebecca J., Dale, Bruce E., Wong, Yi Siang, Balan, Venkatesh
• Other Authors: School of Biological Sciences
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2013
• Subjects: DRNTU::Science::Biological sciences
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/98729; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/12734
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Black locust (Robinia pseudoacacia L.), like willow and poplar, is a hardwood species which can be grown in coppice for bioenergy production, and because of its nitrogen-fixing ability, it can be cultivated with higher yields on less productive land. For these experiments, we examined the feasibilit...