Energy applications of ionic liquids: recent developments and future prospects

T Zhou, C Gui, L Sun, Y Hu, H Lyu, Z Wang… - Chemical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Ionic liquids (ILs) consisting entirely of ions exhibit many fascinating and tunable properties,
making them promising functional materials for a large number of energy-related …

Agave waste as a source of prebiotic polymers: Technological applications in food and their beneficial health effect.

I Márquez-Rangel, M Cruz, HA Ruiz… - Food Bioscience, 2023 - Elsevier
Agaves represent an important economic source due to the distillates obtained; however,
they also represent a significant amount of agro-industrial waste that is harmful to the …

Comparison of dilute acid pretreatment of agave assisted by microwave versus ultrasound to enhance enzymatic hydrolysis

LJ Ríos-González, MA Medina-Morales… - Bioresource …, 2021 - Elsevier
A comparison between microwave and ultrasound irradiations in the agave pretreatment
using dilute sulfuric acid as catalyst was assessed for the first time. Pretreatments were …

One-pot ethanol production under optimized pretreatment conditions using agave bagasse at high solids loading with low-cost biocompatible protic ionic liquid

JAP Pimienta, G Papa, J Sun, V Stavila, A Sanchez… - Green …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Agave bagasse (AG) is a potential bioenergy feedstock due to its high biomass productivity,
even in semiarid lands. In particular, ionic liquid (IL) pretreatment using aprotic ILs (AILs) …

Biohydrogen production from thermochemically pretreated corncob using a mixed culture bioaugmented with Clostridium acetobutylicum

MA Medina-Morales, E Luis, LA Paredes-Peña… - International Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Bovine ruminal fluid (BRF) bioaugmented with Clostridium acetobutylicum (Clac) was
assessed for hydrolyzing cellulose and produce biohydrogen (BioH 2) simultaneously from …

Consolidated bioprocessing of hydrogen production from agave biomass by Clostridium acetobutylicum and bovine ruminal fluid

TK Morales-Martínez, MA Medina-Morales… - International Journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
The biological production of H 2 represents a renewable and eco-friendly energy alternative
compared to fossil fuels. However, its production from lignocellulose involves the use of …

Evaluation of steam explosion pretreatment and enzymatic hydrolysis conditions for agave bagasse in biomethane production

V Duran-Cruz, S Hernández, I Ortíz - BioEnergy research, 2021 - Springer
The production of biofuels from lignocellulosic biomass includes a pretreatment step to alter
the biomass structure and facilitate the enzymatic degradation of the polymers to obtain …

Ethanol production from Agave salmiana leaf juices by consolidated bioprocessing comparing two strains of Kluyveromyces marxianus

AG Hernández-Mendoza, HA Ruiz… - Industrial Crops and …, 2024 - Elsevier
The present work addressed the conversion of Agave salmiana leaf juice to ethanol by
consolidated bioprocessing (CBP). CBP was tested at 30, 35, and 40 ºC and compared with …

Bioderived ionic liquid-based pretreatment enhances methane production from Agave tequilana bagasse

JA Pérez-Pimienta, JPA Icaza-Herrera… - Rsc Advances, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
In recent years, bioderived ionic liquids have gained attention as a new promising approach
for lignocellulosic biomass pretreatment. In this work, Agave tequilana bagasse (ATB), an …

Early Optimization Stages of Agave lechuguilla Bagasse Processing toward Biorefinement: Drying Procedure and Enzymatic Hydrolysis for Flavonoid Extraction

ZP Morreeuw, LJ Ríos-González, C Salinas-Salazar… - Molecules, 2021 - mdpi.com
Agave lechuguilla agro-waste is a promising renewable material for biorefining purposes.
The procurement of added-value co-products, such as bioactive phytochemicals, is required …