Current perspective on pretreatment technologies using lignocellulosic biomass: An emerging biorefinery concept

B Kumar, N Bhardwaj, K Agrawal, V Chaturvedi… - Fuel processing …, 2020 - Elsevier
A critical factor which controls the socio-economic development of any nation is “energy”.
With depleting fossil fuels, there is a shift in focus to lignocellulosic biorefinery. The review …

Development of different pretreatments and related technologies for efficient biomass conversion of lignocellulose

M Zhou, X Tian - International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, 2022 - Elsevier
Lignocellulose, a kind of biological resource widely existing in nature, which can be
transformed into value-added biochemical products through saccharification, fermentation or …

Insight into understanding the performance of deep eutectic solvent pretreatment on improving enzymatic digestibility of bamboo residues

W Lin, S Xing, Y Jin, X Lu, C Huang, Q Yong - Bioresource Technology, 2020 - Elsevier
Deep eutectic solvent (DES) is a promising pretreatment for improving enzymatic digestibility
of lignocellulosic material by altering the physicochemical properties. However, few work …

Lignocellulosic biomass to bioethanol, a comprehensive review with a focus on pretreatment

SH Mood, AH Golfeshan, M Tabatabaei… - … and sustainable energy …, 2013 - Elsevier
Pretreatment technologies are aimed to increase enzyme accessibility to biomass and yields
of fermentable sugars. In general, pretreatment methods fall into four different categories …

Pretreatment methods to enhance solubilization and anaerobic biodegradability of lignocellulosic biomass (wheat straw): Progress and challenges

AM Rahmani, P Gahlot, K Moustakas, AA Kazmi… - Fuel, 2022 - Elsevier
Agro-waste (wheat straw) is considered most effective (heating value 16 MJ/kg) for energy
recovery through anaerobic digestion (AD). However, the complex lignocellulosic structure …

Augmented digestion of lignocellulose by steam explosion, acid and alkaline pretreatment methods: a review

J Singh, M Suhag, A Dhaka - Carbohydrate polymers, 2015 - Elsevier
Lignocellulosic materials can be explored as one of the sustainable substrates for
bioethanol production through microbial intervention as they are abundant, cheap and …

Current pretreatment technologies for the development of cellulosic ethanol and biorefineries

MHL Silveira, ARC Morais, AM da Costa Lopes… - …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Lignocellulosic materials, such as forest, agriculture, and agroindustrial residues, are among
the most important resources for biorefineries to provide fuels, chemicals, and materials in …

Pharmaceutical applications of cellulose ethers and cellulose ether esters

HC Arca, LI Mosquera-Giraldo, V Bi, D Xu… - …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Cellulose ethers have proven to be highly useful natural-based polymers, finding application
in areas including food, personal care products, oil field chemicals, construction, paper …

Green methods of lignocellulose pretreatment for biorefinery development

L Capolupo, V Faraco - Applied microbiology and biotechnology, 2016 - Springer
Lignocellulosic biomass is the most abundant, low-cost, bio-renewable resource that holds
enormous importance as alternative source for production of biofuels and other …

Methods for pretreatment of lignocellulosic biomass for efficient hydrolysis and biofuel production

P Kumar, DM Barrett, MJ Delwiche… - Industrial & engineering …, 2009 - ACS Publications
Biofuels produced from various lignocellulosic materials, such as wood, agricultural, or
forest residues, have the potential to be a valuable substitute for, or complement to …