Lethiwe Debra Mthembu

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188

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2016

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Durban University of Technology(Current)

University of KwaZulu-Natal

Lethiwe Debra Mthembu is an author at Durban University of Technology specializing in sugar processing, biofuel production, and biochemical engineering.

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Publications per year

2016–2023

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Levulinic acid production integrated into a sugarcane bagasse based biorefinery using thermal-enzymatic pretreatment

Lisa Schmidt, Lethiwe Debra Mthembu, Prashant Reddy et al. · Industrial Crops and Products · 2017 · 58 citations

Life Sciences, Agricultural Biotechnology, Biotechnology +16

Advances in Biomass-Based Levulinic Acid Production

Lethiwe Debra Mthembu, Rishi Gupta, Nirmala Deenadayalu · Waste and Biomass Valorization · 2022 · 32 citations

Life Sciences, Biotechnology, Food Science +12

Esterification of levulinic acid to ethyl levulinate: optimization of process conditions using commercial levulinic acid and extension to the use of levulinic acid derived from depithed sugarcane bagasse

Lethiwe Debra Mthembu, David Lokhat, Nirmala Deenadayalu · Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery · 2021 · 30 citations

Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Food Science +11

Enzymatic Saccharification of Acid/Alkali Pre-treated, Mill-run, and Depithed Sugarcane Bagasse

Thandeka Mkhize, Lethiwe Debra Mthembu, Rishi Gupta et al. · BioResources · 2016 · 21 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Agricultural Engineering, Biochemistry +14

Optimization of Levulinic Acid Production from Depithed Sugarcane Bagasse in 1- Ethyl-3-methylimidazolium hydrogen sulfate [EMim][HSO4]

Lethiwe Debra Mthembu, David Lokhat, Rishi Gupta et al. · Waste and Biomass Valorization · 2020 · 14 citations

Engineering, Biotechnology, Chemical Engineering +10

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