Hydrothermal treatment of biomass feedstocks for sustainable production of chemicals, fuels, and materials: progress and perspectives

B Zhang, BK Biswal, J Zhang… - Chemical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Hydrothermal process is an emerging technology that contributes to sustainable production
of biomass-derived chemicals, fuels, and materials. This technology uses hot compressed …

Recent developments in pretreatment technologies on lignocellulosic biomass: effect of key parameters, technological improvements, and challenges

SK Bhatia, SS Jagtap, AA Bedekar, RK Bhatia… - Bioresource …, 2020 - Elsevier
Lignocellulosic biomass is an inexpensive renewable source that can be used to produce
biofuels and bioproducts. The recalcitrance nature of biomass hampers polysaccharide …

The critical role of lignin in lignocellulosic biomass conversion and recent pretreatment strategies: A comprehensive review

CG Yoo, X Meng, Y Pu, AJ Ragauskas - Bioresource technology, 2020 - Elsevier
Heterogeneity and rigidity of lignocellulose causing resistance to its deconstruction have
provided technical and economic challenges in the current biomass conversion processes …

Lignocellulosic biomass as sustainable feedstock and materials for power generation and energy storage

F Wang, D Ouyang, Z Zhou, SJ Page, D Liu… - Journal of Energy …, 2021 - Elsevier
Lignocellulosic biomass has attracted great interest in recent years for energy production
due to its renewability and carbon–neutral nature. There are various ways to convert …

Recent advances in the valorization of plant biomass

P Ning, G Yang, L Hu, J Sun, L Shi, Y Zhou… - Biotechnology for …, 2021 - Springer
Plant biomass is a highly abundant renewable resource that can be converted into several
types of high-value-added products, including chemicals, biofuels and advanced materials …

Algae as potential feedstock for the production of biofuels and value-added products: Opportunities and challenges

M Kumar, Y Sun, R Rathour, A Pandey… - Science of the Total …, 2020 - Elsevier
The current review explores the potential application of algal biomass for the production of
biofuels and bio-based products. The variety of processes and pathways through which bio …

Severity factor kinetic model as a strategic parameter of hydrothermal processing (steam explosion and liquid hot water) for biomass fractionation under biorefinery …

HA Ruiz, M Galbe, G Garrote… - Bioresource …, 2021 - Elsevier
Hydrothermal processes are an attractive clean technology and cost-effective engineering
platform for biorefineries based in the conversion of biomass to biofuels and high-value …

Cellulosic ethanol production: progress, challenges and strategies for solutions

CG Liu, Y Xiao, XX Xia, XQ Zhao, L Peng… - Biotechnology …, 2019 - Elsevier
Lignocellulosic biomass is a sustainable feedstock for fuel ethanol production, but it is
characterized by low mass and energy densities, and distributed production with relatively …

Advances and perspectives on mass transfer and enzymatic hydrolysis in the enzyme-mediated lignocellulosic biorefinery: a review

C Sun, X Meng, F Sun, J Zhang, M Tu, JS Chang… - Biotechnology …, 2023 - Elsevier
Enzymatic hydrolysis is a critical process for the cellulase-mediated lignocellulosic
biorefinery to produce sugar syrups that can be converted into a whole range of biofuels and …

Transforming biorefinery designs with 'Plug-In Processes of Lignin'to enable economic waste valorization

ZH Liu, N Hao, YY Wang, C Dou, F Lin, R Shen… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Biological lignin valorization has emerged as a major solution for sustainable and cost-
effective biorefineries. However, current biorefineries yield lignin with inadequate …