Pretreatment of lignocellulosic wastes for biofuel production: a critical review

D Kumari, R Singh - Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2018 - Elsevier
Protection of environment is of immediate concern and this can only be achieved by
avoiding the use of chemicals for fuel production. Lignocellulosic waste is becoming popular …

[HTML][HTML] A review on the sustainable energy generation from the pyrolysis of coconut biomass

O Azeta, AO Ayeni, O Agboola, FB Elehinafe - Scientific African, 2021 - Elsevier
The negative impacts of the extraction and exploration of fossil fuel on the environment and
its depletion that has led to environmental degradation have encouraged researchers …

Microwave heating processing as alternative of pretreatment in second-generation biorefinery: An overview

A Aguilar-Reynosa, A Romaní… - Energy Conversion and …, 2017 - Elsevier
The development of a feasible biorefinery is in need of alternative technologies to improve
lignocellulosic biomass conversion by the suitable use of energy. Microwave heating …

Potential use of alkaline hydrogen peroxide in lignocellulosic biomass pretreatment and valorization–A review

MC Ho, VZ Ong, TY Wu - Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2019 - Elsevier
Alkaline hydrogen peroxide (AHP) was first introduced in 1984. Its ability to selectively attack
carbonyl and ethylene groups is proven to enhance the delignification process of …

Lignocellulosic ethanol: technology design and its impact on process efficiency

L Paulova, P Patakova, B Branska, M Rychtera… - Biotechnology …, 2015 - Elsevier
This review provides current information on the production of ethanol from lignocellulosic
biomass, with the main focus on relationships between process design and efficiency …

Assessment of alkaline pretreatment for the production of bioethanol from eucalyptus, sugarcane bagasse and sugarcane straw

DM de Carvalho, JH de Queiroz… - Industrial Crops and …, 2016 - Elsevier
The impact of alkaline pretreatment at different alkaline charges (5%, 10% and 15% NaOH
w/w, on dry basis) on the chemical composition of eucalyptus, sugarcane bagasse and straw …

Lignocellulosic bioethanol production: prospects of emerging membrane technologies to improve the process–a critical review

P Dey, P Pal, JD Kevin, DB Das - Reviews in Chemical Engineering, 2020 - degruyter.com
To meet the worldwide rapid growth of industrialization and population, the demand for the
production of bioethanol as an alternative green biofuel is gaining significant prominence …

Co-occurrence of autotrophic and heterotrophic denitrification in electrolysis assisted constructed wetland packing with coconut fiber as solid carbon source

X Fan, J Li, L He, Y Wang, J Zhou, J Zhou, C Liu - Chemosphere, 2022 - Elsevier
Aiming at the problems of lack of carbon sources for nitrogen removal and low phosphorus
removal efficiency of constructed wetlands (CWs) in treating wastewater treatment plant …

Bioethanol production by Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Pichia stipitis and Zymomonas mobilis from delignified coconut fibre mature and lignin extraction according to …

FA Gonçalves, HA Ruiz, ES dos Santos, JA Teixeira… - Renewable energy, 2016 - Elsevier
In search to increase the offer of liquid, clean, renewable and sustainable energy in the
world energy matrix, the use of lignocellulosic materials (LCMs) for bioethanol production …

Slow pyrolysis of different Brazilian waste biomasses as sources of soil conditioners and energy, and for environmental protection

ME Doumer, GGC Arízaga, DA da Silva… - Journal of Analytical and …, 2015 - Elsevier
This paper explores the viability of producing energy and agricultural soil conditioners with
biochars and bio-oils from the pyrolysis of biomasses that in some cases are potential …