Revolutionizing lignocellulosic biomass: A review of harnessing the power of ionic liquids for sustainable utilization and extraction

AS Norfarhana, RA Ilyas, N Ngadi, MHD Othman… - International Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
The potential for the transformation of lignocellulosic biomass into valuable commodities is
rapidly growing through an environmentally sustainable approach to harness its abundance …

Motivations to produce biofuels from rice bran: An overview involving a recent panorama

JHC Wancura, M Brondani, FD Vezaro… - Industrial Crops and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Rice bran is a brownish powder layer that covers the rice grain, being a co-product
generated during the grain milling process and is usually underused for animal feed or …

From green to circular chemistry paved by biocatalysis

P Lozano, E García-Verdugo - Green Chemistry, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Since its origin, green chemistry has headed the best-guiding philosophy for reducing
pollution and safeguarding the environment. The twelve Principles of Green Chemistry …

Prediction of energy mass loss rate for biodiesel fire via machine learning and its physical modeling of flame radiation evolution

L Deng, C Shi, H Li, M Wan, F Ren, Y Hou, F Tang - Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
Biodiesel is an emblematic energy of green power and developing vigorously, which is
conducive to an important strategic significance covering the sustainable development of the …

A comprehensive perspective on sustainable bioprocessing through extractive fermentation: Challenges and prospects

R Muniasamy, P Venkatachalam, V Rangarajan… - … Science and Bio …, 2023 - Springer
Extractive fermentation is a potential process intensification integrated with aqueous two-
phase extraction for simultaneous in-situ product recovery during fermentation to improve …

A novel deep eutectic solvent-methyl isobutyl ketone biphasic system for the catalytic conversion of wheat straw to furfural and recovery of cellulose and lignin

H Cui, X Zhang, H Xia - Industrial Crops and Products, 2024 - Elsevier
Currently, the conversion of lignocellulosic biomass into furfural using deep eutectic solvents
(DES) as the solvent and catalyst has many shortcomings including low furfural yields and …

Life cycle assessment of calcium oxide pretreatment of corn stover with carbon dioxide neutralization for ethanol production

J Zhao, D Feng, J Lee - Bioresource Technology, 2023 - Elsevier
This work used life-cycle assessment (LCA) to determine the environmental and human
health impacts of four ethanol production scenarios (S1: CaO pretreatment+ H 2 SO 4 …

Factors that influence the activity of biomass-degrading enzymes in the presence of ionic liquids—a review

P Wolski, BW Blankenship, A Umar… - Frontiers in Energy …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Ionic liquids (ILs) are seen as a more sustainable alternative to volatile organic solvents that
are accelerating innovations in many industries such as energy storage, separations, and …

A novel insight on the intensification mechanism of sludge dewaterability by ionic liquids

C Chen, T Zhang, L Lv, Y Chen, W Tang… - Journal of Environmental …, 2023 - Elsevier
The huge output of sewage sludge has caused a remarkable environmental burden. Sludge
dewatering is considered as an important way to reduce the sludge volume. Five imidazole …

Ammonia and sodium sulfite synergistically pretreat reed to enhance enzymatic saccharification

X Wang, Y Tao, Q Yang, Y Cheng, J Lu, J Du… - Bioresource …, 2023 - Elsevier
Pretreatment is important to overcome the structural recalcitrance of reed (a viable energy
grass) to produce fermentable sugar. Herein, the study reported the pretreatment of reed …