Unlocking Sugars in Agricultural Waste for Biofuel Production

31 Aug 12

The Austrian Centre of Industrial Biotechnology (ACIB) has found ways to make these renewable sugar resources available for industry and for the production of biofuels from agricultural and biowastes. According to Professor Christian Kubicek of the Technical University of Vienna the process utilises enzymes called cellulases, which can cleave cellulose and hemicellulose - both components of wood (besides lignin) - into small sugar molecules. Through ACIB's Center of Excellence Kubicek has been working with researchers in Graz and at an industrial partner's site on the ability to access new industrial sugars from renewable resources.
http://www.waste-management-world.com/index/display/article-display/4121056049/articles/waste-management-world/biological-treatment/2012/08/Unlocking_Sugars_in_Agricultural_Waste_for_Biofuel_Production.html

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