A review on biomass: importance, chemistry, classification, and conversion

A Tursi - Biofuel Research Journal, 2019 - biofueljournal.com
Biomass is currently the most widespread form of renewable energy and its exploitation is
further increasing due to the concerns over the devastative impacts of fossil fuel …

Circular economy aspects of lignin: towards a lignocellulose biorefinery

VK Garlapati, AK Chandel, SPJ Kumar… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2020 - Elsevier
Lignin is the second most abundant polymer, which comprises15-30%(dry weight) of total
lignocellulosic biomass. Recent studies focused on the effective utilization of lignin …

Emerging waste valorisation techniques to moderate the hazardous impacts, and their path towards sustainability

X Wang, C Li, CH Lam, K Subramanian, ZH Qin… - Journal of hazardous …, 2022 - Elsevier
Due to the recent boom in urbanisation, economy, and global population, the amount of
waste generated worldwide has increased tremendously. The World Bank estimates that …

[HTML][HTML] A review of the mechanism of bonding in densified biomass pellets

A Anukam, J Berghel, G Henrikson, S Frodeson… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2021 - Elsevier
The production of durable biomass pellets have always been challenged by several factors
including the lack of understanding of the mechanism involved in how particles combine to …

Electrochemical upgrading of depolymerized lignin: a review of model compound studies

M Garedew, CH Lam, L Petitjean, S Huang, B Song… - Green …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
A sustainable bio-based future necessitates the utilization of all components of biomass
including lignin, which is the second most abundant biopolymer and a source of renewable …

Recent development in production of pellet fuels from biomass and polyethylene (PE) wastes

Z Wei, Z Cheng, Y Shen - Fuel, 2024 - Elsevier
In the context of the energy crisis, biomass energy has been widely used owing to its wide
distribution, astonishing storage capacity, and carbon neutrality. Pelletization is an …

Why can we make anything from lignin except money? Towards a broader economic perspective in lignin research

J Wenger, V Haas, T Stern - Current Forestry Reports, 2020 - Springer
Abstract Purpose of Review As a major component of wood, lignin is regarded as a
promising, bio-based compound which could strongly influence the forest-based circular …

Mapping the diversity of microbial lignin catabolism: experiences from the eLignin database

DP Brink, K Ravi, G Lidén… - Applied microbiology and …, 2019 - Springer
Lignin is a heterogeneous aromatic biopolymer and a major constituent of lignocellulosic
biomass, such as wood and agricultural residues. Despite the high amount of aromatic …

Bibliometric analysis of the research landscape on rice husks gasification (1995–2019)

BB Nyakuma, S Wong, GR Mong, LN Utume… - … Science and Pollution …, 2021 - Springer
The processing of rice (Oryza sativa L.) generates large quantities of lignocellulosic wastes
termed rice husks (RH). Numerous researchers have proposed biomass gasification as the …

Oxidative depolymerization of lignin using nitric acid under ambient conditions

Z Ahmad, M Paleologou, CC Xu - Industrial Crops and Products, 2021 - Elsevier
In this work, we demonstrated an innovative and cost-effective strategy to produce high-
value depolymerized kraft lignin (DKL) from softwood kraft lignin (SKL) and hardwood kraft …