Chemicals from lignin: an interplay of lignocellulose fractionation, depolymerisation, and upgrading

W Schutyser, T Renders, S Van den Bosch… - Chemical society …, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
In pursuit of more sustainable and competitive biorefineries, the effective valorisation of
lignin is key. An alluring opportunity is the exploitation of lignin as a resource for chemicals …

The growing US bioeconomy: Drivers, development and constraints

M Guo, W Song - New biotechnology, 2019 - Elsevier
Bioeconomy refers to economic activities using renewable biological resources to produce
energy and domestic consumables. The US bioeconomy emerged in the early 2000s as a …

Process optimization for deep eutectic solvent pretreatment and enzymatic hydrolysis of sugar cane bagasse for cellulosic ethanol fermentation

Y Liu, X Zheng, S Tao, L Hu, X Zhang, X Lin - Renewable Energy, 2021 - Elsevier
This study investigated cellulosic ethanol production from sugar cane bagasse (SCB)
pretreated by triethylbenzyl ammonium chloride/lactic acid (TEBAC/LA) deep eutectic …

Integral valorization of vine pruning residue by sequential autohydrolysis stages

MS Jesus, A Romaní, Z Genisheva, JA Teixeira… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2017 - Elsevier
Wine processing generates a large amount of residue, in particular pruning residue of vine.
In this work, autohydrolysis in two sequential stages was proposed for the integral …

Structural characteristics of bagasse furfural residue and its lignin component. An NMR, Py-GC/MS, and FTIR study

L Moghaddam, J Rencoret, VR Maliger… - ACS Sustainable …, 2017 - ACS Publications
Commercial furfural, an important platform chemical, is produced from acid hydrolysis of
lignocellulosic biomass. The manufacturing processes are inherently inefficient, and so it is …

Acid-catalyzed glycerol pretreatment of sugarcane bagasse: understanding the properties of lignin and its effects on enzymatic hydrolysis

M Hassanpour, M Abbasabadi, L Gebbie… - ACS Sustainable …, 2020 - ACS Publications
In this study, lignin from acid-catalyzed glycerol (AG) pretreatment of sugarcane bagasse
was recovered and characterized. Its effects on enzymatic hydrolysis and cellulase recycling …

Cationic tall oil lignin-starch copolymer as a flocculant for clay suspensions

L Zhao, J Diaz-Baca, A Salaghi, J Gao, Y Wang… - Industrial Crops and …, 2023 - Elsevier
In this study, a novel cationic tall oil lignin (TOL)-starch copolymer was successfully
prepared by the polymerization reaction of TOL, starch and a cationic monomer of (3 …

Understanding the structural characteristics of water-soluble phenolic compounds from four pretreatments of corn stover and their inhibitory effects on enzymatic …

X Chen, R Zhai, Y Li, X Yuan, ZH Liu, M Jin - Biotechnology for biofuels, 2020 - Springer
Background For bioethanol production from lignocellulosic biomass, phenolics derived from
pretreatment have been generally considered as highly inhibitory towards enzymatic …

Biorefining of sugarcane bagasse to fermentable sugars and surface oxygen group-rich hierarchical porous carbon for supercapacitors

X Wang, L Cao, R Lewis, T Hreid, Z Zhang, H Wang - Renewable Energy, 2020 - Elsevier
In this work, a biorefinery process was demonstrated for co-production of fermentable sugars
and hierarchical porous carbon with oxygen-rich groups for energy storage devices from …

Structure and properties of eucalyptus lignin extracted with benzenesulfonic and p-toluenesulfonic acids under mild conditions

JY Yang, TS Guo, YH Xu, MF Li, J Bian - Industrial Crops and Products, 2023 - Elsevier
Acid hydrotrope is a novel solvent used for biomass refining, because it can effectively
separate lignocellulose for value-added utilization of products. In this case, eucalyptus was …