Recent trends in the pretreatment of lignocellulosic biomass for value-added products

J Baruah, BK Nath, R Sharma, S Kumar… - Frontiers in Energy …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Lignocellulosic biomass (LCB) is the most abundantly available bioresource amounting to
about a global yield of up to 1. 3 billion tons per year. The hydrolysis of LCB results in the …

Efficient valorization of biomass to biofuels with bifunctional solid catalytic materials

H Li, Z Fang, RL Smith Jr, S Yang - Progress in Energy and Combustion …, 2016 - Elsevier
Mono-functional catalytic materials are used for many types of chemical transformations, but
are tedious for delivering products from multiple-step reactions required for the valorization …

Underutilized lignocellulosic waste as sources of feedstock for biofuel production in developing countries

A Adewuyi - Frontiers in Energy Research, 2022 - frontiersin.org
The need for a reliable and sustainable energy source, stability in energy price and solution
to environmental challenges of fossil fuel has led to searching for an alternative energy …

Trends and hassles in the microbial production of lactic acid from lignocellulosic biomass

MC Nwamba, F Sun, MR Mukasekuru, G Song… - … Technology & Innovation, 2021 - Elsevier
Lactic acid is an important biomolecule extensively used in various industries for the
production of foods, drugs, cosmetics, bioplastic polylactic acid (PLA), etc. Microbial …

Perennial biomass cropping and use: Shaping the policy ecosystem in European countries

J Clifton‐Brown, A Hastings, M von Cossel… - GCB …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Demand for sustainably produced biomass is expected to increase with the need to provide
renewable commodities, improve resource security and reduce greenhouse gas emissions …

Thermal decomposition of rape straw: pyrolysis modeling and kinetic study via particle swarm optimization

L Xu, Y Jiang, L Wang - Energy Conversion and Management, 2017 - Elsevier
The aim of this work is to implement an efficient and robust optimization approach for
parameter estimation of pyrolysis kinetic model to study the pyrolysis of a typical agricultural …

Biomass pretreatment technologies

AA Shah, TH Seehar, K Sharma, SS Toor - Hydrocarbon biorefinery, 2022 - Elsevier
Pretreatment is the first and crucial step to unwrap the complex molecular structure of the
biomass and to prepare the feedstock material for further processing to obtain biofuel and …

Frontier in dark fermentative biohydrogen production from lignocellulosic biomass: Challenges and future prospects

P Rani, DK Yadav, A Yadav, NR Bishnoi, V Kumar… - Fuel, 2024 - Elsevier
The world's energy consumption is continuously increasing in developing and industrialized
nations. However, the rapid depletion of fossil fuels and climate change issues has directed …

Breeding targets to improve biomass quality in Miscanthus

K Van der Cruijsen, M Al Hassan, G van Erven… - Molecules, 2021 - mdpi.com
Lignocellulosic crops are attractive bioresources for energy and chemicals production within
a sustainable, carbon circular society. Miscanthus is one of the perennial grasses that …

Optimization of saccharification conditions of lignocellulosic biomass under alkaline pre-treatment and enzymatic hydrolysis

R Łukajtis, P Rybarczyk, K Kucharska… - Energies, 2018 - mdpi.com
Pre-treatment is a significant step in the production of second-generation biofuels from
waste lignocellulosic materials. Obtaining biofuels as a result of fermentation processes …