Method for Producing Biomass from Empty Palm Fruit Bunch Fiber with High Cellulose Content Through a Sequential Acidic-/Alkali-pretreatment Procedure

摘要

The present invention relates to a process for producing biomass in which the content of hemicellulose and lignin is minimized and the content of cellulose is increased by sequentially pretreating the empy palm fruit bunch fiber with an acid- And a method for producing ethanol by fermenting the biomass. The present invention provides a method for producing biomass derived from palm fruit husk fiber having a low content of hemicellulose and lignin and a high cellulose content, The resulting biomass can be fermented using yeast to obtain high yield of ethanol.