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Reactors for High Solid Loading Pretreatment of Lignocellulosic Biomass

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This research was supported by the National Basic Research Program of China (2011CB707406/2013CB733902), the Natural Science Foundation of China (21306048), the National High-Tech Program of China (2012AA022301/2014AA021901), and the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities of China (WF1214025).

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Zhang, J., Hou, W., Bao, J. (2015). Reactors for High Solid Loading Pretreatment of Lignocellulosic Biomass. In: Bao, J., Ye, Q., Zhong, JJ. (eds) Bioreactor Engineering Research and Industrial Applications II. Advances in Biochemical Engineering/Biotechnology, vol 152. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/10_2015_307

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