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Potential of Weed Biomass for Bioethanol Production

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Bioethanol Production

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Bioethanol can be considered as future fuel which has the potential to replace fossil fuels. Weeds have become difficult to manage to stop their global spread. Weeds can be profitable and valuable when utilized as a potential resource. Next-generation biofuel feedstocks can be made from weeds because of their rapid reproduction, abundance of cellulose, and low lignin content. Pretreatment of lignocellulosic materials is one of the most important aspects of a cost-effective bioethanol production process. This chapter provides an overview of weed biomass, several pretreatment methods for LCB, and the fermentation process for producing bioethanol from lignocellulosic weed. The current chapter discusses bioethanol production from weed biomass.

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  1. Department of Microbiology, Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra, Haryana, India

    Neeraj K. Aggarwal, Naveen Kumar & Mahak Mittal

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Aggarwal, N.K., Kumar, N., Mittal, M. (2022). Potential of Weed Biomass for Bioethanol Production. In: Bioethanol Production. Green Chemistry and Sustainable Technology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-05091-6_5

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