Essays about: "Levulinic acid"

Found 2 essays containing the words Levulinic acid.

  1. 1. Glucose Levulinates as Bio-plasticizers

    University essay from KTH/Skolan för kemivetenskap (CHE)

    Author : Wenxiang Xuan; [2017]
    Keywords : Gluocse esters; Levulinic acid; Plasticizer; Starch; Poly vinyl chloride ;

    Abstract : Glucose, as the most plentiful sugar in nature, is a renewable resource and possesses excellent record in health safety. Levulinic acid is a platform chemical which plays an important role  in  biomass transformation and reactive intermediates. READ MORE

  3. 2. Concentrating lignocellulosic hydrolysate by evaporation and its fermentation by repeated fedbatch using flocculating Saccharomyces cerevisiae

    University essay from Högskolan i Borås/Institutionen Ingenjörshögskolan

    Author : Anahita Dehkhoda; [2008]
    Keywords : concentrating; lignocellulosic hydrolysate; evaporation; flocculating; yeast; fermentation; ethanol;

    Abstract : In order to obtain a sugar concentration of more than 100g.l-1of fermentable sugars, aspruce wood hydrolysate was subjected to high pressure and vacuum concentration andthe fermentability of each hydrolysate was assessed by fermentation experiments withflocculating S. cerevisiae. READ MORE