Rice straw as a feedstock for biofuels: availability, recalcitrance, and chemical properties

A Satlewal, R Agrawal, S Bhagia, P Das… - Biofuels, Bioproducts …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
The surplus availability of rice straw, its limited usage, and environmental pollution caused
by its inefficient burning has fostered research for its valorization to biofuels. This review …

Prospects of rice straw as a raw material for paper making

D Kaur, NK Bhardwaj, RK Lohchab - Waste Management, 2017 - Elsevier
Pulp and paper mills are indispensable for any nation as far as the growth of the nation is
concerned. Due to fast growth in population, urbanization and industrialization, the demand …

Development and performance evaluation of a new thermal insulation material from rice straw using high frequency hot-pressing

K Wei, C Lv, M Chen, X Zhou, Z Dai, D Shen - Energy and Buildings, 2015 - Elsevier
A new thermal insulation material made from rice straw (RSTIB) was developed using high
frequency hot pressing. The goal of this study is to investigate the effect of high frequency …

Comparative study of organosolv lignins from wheat straw

F Xu, JX Sun, RC Sun, P Fowler, MS Baird - Industrial crops and products, 2006 - Elsevier
Dewaxed wheat straw was treated with acetic acid–H2O (65/35, v/v), acetic acid–H2O
(80/20, v/v), acetic acid–H2O (90/10, v/v), formic acid–acetic acid–H2O (20/60/20, v/v/v) …

Comparative study of hemicelluloses from rice straw by alkali and hydrogen peroxide treatments

RC Sun, J Tomkinson, PL Ma, SF Liang - Carbohydrate Polymers, 2000 - Elsevier
First extraction of the dewaxed rice straw with 1% NaOH at 55° C for 2h and then following
treatment with 0.0, 0.5, 1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0 and 5.0% hydrogen peroxide at 45° C for 12h at pH …

Selected properties of particleboard panels manufactured from rice straws of different geometries

X Li, Z Cai, JE Winandy, AH Basta - Bioresource technology, 2010 - Elsevier
The objective is to evaluate the primary mechanical and physical properties of particleboard
made from hammer-milled rice straw particles of six different categories and two types of …

[PDF][PDF] The environmentally benign pulping process of non-wood fibers.

W Sridach - Suranaree Journal of Science & Technology, 2010 - thaiscience.info
The increasing demand for paper has raised the need for low-cost raw materials and also for
the development of new process in order to boost production. Non-wood fibers, for example …

Transforming non-wood feedstocks into dissolving pulp via organosolv pulping: An alternative strategy to boost the share of natural fibers in the textile industry.

RE Vera, KA Vivas, F Urdaneta, J Franco, R Sun… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2023 - Elsevier
This work evaluates wheat straw, switchgrass, and hemp hurd as potential alternatives for
producing dissolving pulp using sulfur dioxide (SO 2)-ethanol-water (SEW) pulping. The …

A study on pulping of rice straw and impact of incorporation of chlorine dioxide during bleaching on pulp properties and effluents characteristics

D Kaur, NK Bhardwaj, RK Lohchab - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2018 - Elsevier
World is facing challenges to reduce global environmental issues including waste
management, green house gas emissions, pollution, deforestation and depletion of non …

Effects of sodium carbonate pretreatment on the chemical compositions and enzymatic saccharification of rice straw

L Yang, J Cao, Y Jin, H Chang, H Jameel… - Bioresource …, 2012 - Elsevier
The effects of sodium carbonate (Na2CO3) pretreatment on the chemical compositions and
enzymatic saccharification of rice straw were investigated. The enzymatic digestibility of rice …