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 …

Biomass-based biorefineries: an important architype towards a circular economy

B Kumar, P Verma - Fuel, 2021 - Elsevier
Fossil based resources are a major contributor to energy and chemicals to modern-day
development. The negative environmental impacts of fossil-based resources accompanied …

A review of the hydrothermal carbonization of biomass waste for hydrochar formation: Process conditions, fundamentals, and physicochemical properties

T Wang, Y Zhai, Y Zhu, C Li, G Zeng - Renewable and Sustainable Energy …, 2018 - Elsevier
Hydrothermal carbonization (HTC) is a thermochemical conversion technique which is
attractive due to its ability to transform wet biomass into energy and chemicals without …

Reviewing the potential of bio-hydrogen production by fermentation

J Baeyens, H Zhang, J Nie, L Appels, R Dewil… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2020 - Elsevier
Hydrogen is a common reactant in the petro-chemical industry and moreover recognized as
a potential fuel within the next 20 years. The production of hydrogen from biomass and …

A review on hydrothermal carbonization of biomass and plastic wastes to energy products

Y Shen - Biomass and Bioenergy, 2020 - Elsevier
Hydrothermal carbonization (HTC) as a promising thermochemical process can convert
organic solid wastes (eg, biomass, plastics) into valuable products (ie, hydrochar) at …

Lignin–carbohydrate complexes: properties, applications, analyses, and methods of extraction: a review

D Tarasov, M Leitch, P Fatehi - Biotechnology for biofuels, 2018 - Springer
The complexity of lignin and hemicellulose segmentation has been known since the middle
of the ninetieth century. Studies confirmed that all lignin units in coniferous species and 47 …

Bioethanol and biodiesel: Bibliometric mapping, policies and future needs

AI Osman, U Qasim, F Jamil, H Ala'a, AA Jrai… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2021 - Elsevier
Rising demand for energy resources alongside climate emergency concerns has attracted
the urgent attention of researchers towards the preparation and utilization of biofuels. This …

Physico-chemical conversion of lignocellulose: inhibitor effects and detoxification strategies: a mini review

D Kim - Molecules, 2018 - mdpi.com
A pretreatment of lignocellulosic biomass to produce biofuels, polymers, and other
chemicals plays a vital role in the biochemical conversion process toward disrupting the …

[HTML][HTML] A technological overview of biogas production from biowaste

S Achinas, V Achinas, GJW Euverink - Engineering, 2017 - Elsevier
The current irrational use of fossil fuels and the impact of greenhouse gases on the
environment are driving research into renewable energy production from organic resources …

Significance and challenges of biomass as a suitable feedstock for bioenergy and biochemical production: A review

R Ahorsu, F Medina, M Constantí - Energies, 2018 - mdpi.com
Fossil fuels have been a major contributor to greenhouse gases, the amounts of which could
be reduced if biofuels such as bioethanol and biodiesel were used for transportation. One of …