Sustainable energy and fuels from biomass: a review focusing on hydrothermal biomass processing

K Alper, K Tekin, S Karagöz… - Sustainable Energy & …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Fossil fuels are being replaced with renewable energy resources (biomass and biomass
waste, solar, geothermal, wind, etc.) to ensure sustainable development, reduce the …

Continuous hydrothermal liquefaction of biomass: A critical review

D Castello, TH Pedersen, LA Rosendahl - Energies, 2018 - mdpi.com
Hydrothermal liquefaction (HTL) of biomass is emerging as an effective technology to
efficiently valorize different types of (wet) biomass feedstocks, ranging from lignocellulosics …

Recent progress in the thermal and catalytic conversion of lignin

JM Ha, KR Hwang, YM Kim, J Jae, KH Kim… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2019 - Elsevier
The issues over increases in energy demand and environmental pollution attributed to
excessive use of fossil fuel have been the driving forces of the exploration for eco-friendly …

Progress in the solvent depolymerization of lignin

V Patil, S Adhikari, P Cross, H Jahromi - Renewable and Sustainable …, 2020 - Elsevier
Solvent liquefaction of lignin is a simultaneous depolymerization and hydrodeoxygenation
process used to generate monomer products for fuel and specialty chemical applications …

Lignin biorefinery: new horizons in catalytic hydrodeoxygenation for the production of chemicals

A Kumar, M Jindal, S Maharana, B Thallada - Energy & Fuels, 2021 - ACS Publications
Lignin is a byproduct of the paper mill and second-generation (2G) ethanol biorefinery and
the largest naturally available source of aromatic building blocks. It can serve as a feedstock …

The driving force of biomass value-addition: Selective catalytic depolymerization of lignin to high-value chemicals

Q Tian, P Xu, D Huang, H Wang, Z Wang, H Qin… - Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Lignin is a cross linked aromatic polymer and it is abundant in nature. It is regarded as a
potential substitute of fossil resource and industrial raw materials due to its highly aromatic …

[HTML][HTML] Kraft lignin valorization: Biofuels and thermoset materials in focus

M Lawoko, JSM Samec - Current Opinion in Green and Sustainable …, 2023 - Elsevier
Kraft pulping is more than one hundred years old. The kraft lignin recovery has however
been implemented commercially in the last ten years. The lignin is a bio-based by-product …

Bio‐based cycloalkanes: the missing link to high‐performance sustainable jet fuels

JA Muldoon, BG Harvey - ChemSusChem, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The development of sustainable energy solutions that reduce global carbon emissions,
while maintaining high living standards, is one of the grand challenges of the current …

[HTML][HTML] Catalytic transfer hydrogenolysis as an efficient route in cleavage of lignin and model compounds

J Zhang - Green Energy & Environment, 2018 - Elsevier
Cleavage of aromatic ether bonds through hydrogenolysis is one of the most promising
routes for depolymerisation and transformation of lignin into value-added chemicals. Instead …

Sub-and supercritical water liquefaction of kraft lignin and black liquor derived lignin

J Lappalainen, D Baudouin, U Hornung, J Schuler… - Energies, 2020 - mdpi.com
To mitigate global warming, humankind has been forced to develop new efficient energy
solutions based on renewable energy sources. Hydrothermal liquefaction (HTL) is a …