Feria Infante, Manuel JavierAlfaro Martínez, AscensiónLópez Baldovín, FranciscoGarcía Domínguez, Juan CarlosPérez Muñoz, AntonioRivera Díaz, Amanda2015-04-152015-04-152012Feria Infante, M.J., Alfaro Martínez, A., López Baldovín, F., García Domínguez, J.C., Pérez Muñoz, A.: "Integral valorization of "Leucaena diversifolia" by hydrothermal and pulp processing". Bioresource Technology. Vol. 103, n. 1, págs. 381-388, (2012). ISSN 0960-85240960-8524http://hdl.handle.net/10272/10343Wood from the leguminous tree, Leucaena diversifolia, was subjected to hydrothermal treatment (autohydrolysis) at 160–180 °C for 0–30 min followed by ethanol–soda–anthraquinone delignification. The liquid phase contained 18.65 g of sugars per liter, and the solid phase had a gross heating value of 19.083 MJ/kg, but could also be used as a source of cellulose pulp for the production of paper with tear, burst, and tensile indexes of 2.4 N m2/kg, 2.6 MPa m2/kg and 40.7 kN m/kg, respectively. L. diversifolia lends itself readily to valorization for energy production, and also to integral, fractional exploitation by autohydrolysis and ethanol–soda–anthraquinone delignification, which can additionally bring environmental benefits to cropping zones.engAtribución-NoComercial-SinDerivadas 3.0 Españahttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/es/Leucaena diversifoliaHydrothermal treatmentAutohydrolysisGross Heating ValueEthanol–soda–anthraquinone delignificationjournal article10.1016/j.biortech.2011.09.100open access