Cellulose‐based plastics are an important class of carbohydrate‐based materials. They
have a long history and belong to the first (thermo) plastic materials. Their excellent …

Alkaline pulping using sodium hydroxide (NaOH), also known as soda pulping, is
predominantly used to extract cellulose for pulp and papermaking. The NaOH was …

Water hyacinth (WH) is considered as the worst aquatic weed in the world because of its
rapid growth and fast spread into new areas of fresh water bodies. We investigated the …

The search for alternative methods for the production of new materials or fuel from
renewable and sustainable biomass feedstocks has gained increasing attention. In this …

This study was carried out to investigate the extraction of cellulose acetate (CA) from cajuput
(Melaleuca leucadendron) twigs and sugarcane (Saccharum officinarum) bagasse using an …

Determination of the chemical composition of biomaterial is important for their valued
utilization in biorefinery. In this study, the chemical composition of five bamboo species, ie …

Determination of the chemical composition of biomaterial is important for their valued
utilization in biorefinery. In this study, the chemical composition of seven wood species, ie …

Essentially non-edible banana pseudo-stems (BPS), an abundant agro-waste, can be
pyrolytically converted to bioenergy vectors namely; pyro-oil and pyro-gas and a valuable …

This study focuses on improving the quality of dissolving pulp (DP) from sugarcane bagasse
(SB) prepared by a non-sulfur cooking method and totally chlorine-free (TCF) bleaching …

Establishment of precise kinetic models is beneficial for the control of the degree of
delignification and carbohydrate degradation in the pulping process. However, most kinetic …