Liquid hot water as sustainable biomass pretreatment technique for bioenergy production: A review

WH Chen, S Nižetić, R Sirohi, Z Huang, R Luque… - Bioresource …, 2022 - Elsevier
In recent years, lignocellulosic biomass has emerged as one of the most versatile energy
sources among the research community for the production of biofuels and value-added …

A comprehensive review on the pretreatment of lignocellulosic wastes for improved biogas production by anaerobic digestion

BJ Poddar, SP Nakhate, RK Gupta, AR Chavan… - International Journal of …, 2022 - Springer
Biogas production from agricultural residues represents an effective and sustainable option
for handling vast quantities of lignocellulosic waste for meeting the global energy demand …

Pre-treatment of lignocellulosic biomass: review of various physico-chemical and biological methods influencing the extent of biomass depolymerization

S Baksi, D Saha, S Saha, U Sarkar, D Basu… - International journal of …, 2023 - Springer
Pre-treatment of biomass is a necessary step for delignification as well as an unavoidable
step in the journey of biomass to biofuel. Apart from delignification, defragmentation and …

Effect of solvent and acid catalyst selection on lignin recovery and purity in autoclave-assisted organosolv extraction

MAA Farid, I Ibrahim, J Lease, T Tsubota… - Bioresource Technology …, 2023 - Elsevier
This study leverages the autoclave-assisted method to explore a range of acid catalysts (H 2
SO 4, HCl, HNO 3, H 3 PO 4) and solvents (methanol, ethanol, acetone, 2-butanol, 2 …

Paddy straw-based biodegradable horticultural pots: an integrated greener approach to reduce plastic waste, valorize paddy straw and improve plant health

S Saha, P Hariprasad - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2022 - Elsevier
In the present study, we investigated the possible use of Paddy straw (PS) to develop
biodegradable pots for the cultivation of transplantable horticulture crops, as alternative to …

Optimization of microfibrillated cellulose isolation from cocoa pod husk via mild oxalic acid hydrolysis: A response surface methodology approach

LF Zambrano-Mite, Y Villasana, ML Bejarano… - Heliyon, 2023 - cell.com
Theobroma cacao L. species, cultivated worldwide for its valuable beans, generates up to
72% weight of the fruit as waste. The lack of reutilization technologies in the cocoa …

Determination of bioethanol production potential from lignocellulosic biomass using novel Cel-5m isolated from cow rumen metagenome

M Patel, HM Patel, S Dave - International journal of biological …, 2020 - Elsevier
We are reporting the novel cellulase named Cel-5M from rumen metagenome. The deduced
amino acid sequence and biochemical characterization suggested that Cel-5M is …

Improved Glucose Recovery from Sicyos angulatus by NaOH Pretreatment and Application to Bioethanol Production

HE An, KH Lee, YW Jang, CB Kim, HY Yoo - Processes, 2021 - mdpi.com
As greenhouse gases and environmental pollution become serious, the demand for
alternative energy such as bioethanol has rapidly increased, and a large supply of biomass …

Culturable and metagenomic approaches of wheat bran and wheat straw phyllosphere's highlight new lignocellulolytic microorganisms

L Besaury, C Rémond - Letters in Applied Microbiology, 2022 - academic.oup.com
The phyllosphere, defined as the aerial parts of plants, is one of the most prevalent microbial
habitats on earth. The microorganisms present on the phyllosphere can have several …

Improvement of enzymatic glucose conversion from chestnut shells through optimization of KOH pretreatment

KH Lee, SK Lee, J Lee, S Kim, C Park, SW Kim… - International journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Worldwide, about one-third of food produced for human consumption is wasted, which
includes byproducts from food processing, with a significant portion of the waste still being …