Scalable lignocellulosic biorefineries: Technoeconomic review for efficient fermentable sugars production

K Ding, D Liu, X Chen, H Zhang, S Shi, X Guo… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2024 - Elsevier
Sugars derived from lignocellulosic biomass represent an appealing and critical platform for
advancing the bioeconomy. Attractive for the distinguished selectivity as well as green and …

A review on strategies to reduce ionic liquid pretreatment costs for biofuel production

J Zhao, MR Wilkins, D Wang - Bioresource Technology, 2022 - Elsevier
Worldwide demand for renewable energy has promoted the considerable exploration of
biofuel production from lignocellulosic biomass. Ionic liquid pretreatment is of great interest …

An integrated deep eutectic solvent-ionic liquid-metal catalyst system for lignin and 5-hydroxymethylfurfural production from lignocellulosic biomass: Technoeconomic …

J Zhao, J Lee, D Wang - Bioresource Technology, 2022 - Elsevier
There is an increasing interest in deep eutectic solvent (DES) and ionic liquid (IL) for lignin
and 5-hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF) production from lignocellulosic biomass, but their …

A critical review on water overconsumption in lignocellulosic biomass pretreatment for ethanol production through enzymic hydrolysis and fermentation

J Zhao, J Lee, D Wang - Energy & Fuels, 2023 - ACS Publications
Global demand for renewable and sustainable energy fostered the considerable
development of biomass-to-ethanol valorization strategies. Thermochemical pretreatment …

Life cycle assessment of calcium oxide pretreatment of corn stover with carbon dioxide neutralization for ethanol production

J Zhao, D Feng, J Lee - Bioresource Technology, 2023 - Elsevier
This work used life-cycle assessment (LCA) to determine the environmental and human
health impacts of four ethanol production scenarios (S1: CaO pretreatment+ H 2 SO 4 …

Briquetting as a source pretreatment strategy to improve energy recovery from the anaerobic digestion of agricultural straw: Experimental and economic evaluation

S Pan, F Guo, X Li, L Feng, Z Li, L Du, Y Wei - Energy, 2024 - Elsevier
The sustainability of biogas production from straws is limited by the collection, transportation,
storage, and pretreatment of feedstocks. To address these constraints, this study …

Elucidating thermochemical pretreatment effectiveness of different particle-size switchgrass for cellulosic ethanol production

J Zhao, Y Yang, M Zhang, CW Rice, D Wang - Biomass and Bioenergy, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Effects of switchgrass particle sizes (< 0.25 mm, 0.5–1.0 mm, and 2.0–4.0 mm) on
the effectiveness of H 2 SO 4 and NaOH pretreatments were investigated. As particle size …

Technoeconomic Analysis of Ethanol Production from Corn Stover without Solid–Liquid Separation and Detoxification

J Zhao, Y Yang, J Lee, M Zhang… - … Sustainable Chemistry & …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Water and chemical overconsumption is one of the technical challenges for cellulosic
ethanol production. To address this issue, a facile process, where Ca (OH) 2-pretreated corn …