Organosolv biorefinery: resource-based process optimisation, pilot technology scale-up and economics

G Tofani, EJ Grojzdek, M Grilc, B Likozar - Green Chemistry, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
This tutorial review aims to describe the status of the scaling up of organosolv treatment. It is
a process where various lignocellulosic materials are fractionated, selective …

Challenging DESs and ILs in the valorization of food waste: A case study

A Mero, NR Moody, E Husanu, A Mezzetta… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
In this study, the efficacy of two of the best performing green solvents for the fractionation of
lignocellulosic biomass, cholinium arginate (ChArg) as biobased ionic liquid (Bio-IL) and …

Bioethanol Production Potential and Other Biomass Energy Properties of Invasive Reynoutria, Solidago, and Spiraea Plants

BM Wiatrowska, A Wawro, W Gieparda, B Waliszewska - Forests, 2022 - mdpi.com
Due to the threat posed by the spread of invasive plant species, there is an urgent need to
develop effective methods of eradicating and managing their biomass. The aim of the study …

Multiple linear regression to predict the brightness of waste fibres mixtures before bleaching

G Tofani, I Cornet, S Tavernier - Chemical Papers, 2022 - Springer
Waste paper is recovered and bleached to produce recycled newsprints and magazines. It is
composed of a fibre mixture from different wood pulping processes. Each type of fibre shows …

Advanced fractionation of kraft lignin by aqueous hydrotropic solutions

R Gaspar, MCS Muguet, P Fardim - Molecules, 2023 - mdpi.com
Lignin is an underutilized high-potential biopolymer that has been extensively studied over
the past few decades. However, lignin still has drawbacks when compared with well-known …

Two-stage pretreatment of jerusalem artichoke stalks with wastewater recycling and lignin recovery for the biorefinery of lignocellulosic biomass

Y Chen, N Peng, Y Gao, Q Li, Z Wang, B Yao, Y Li - Processes, 2023 - mdpi.com
Jerusalem artichoke (Helianthus tuberosus L.) is emerging as one of the energy plants
considered for biofuel production. Alkali and alkali-involved pretreatment methods have …

“Sweetwoods” Lignin as Promising Raw Material to Obtain Micro-Mesoporous Carbon Materials

A Plavniece, G Dobele, D Djachkovs, L Jashina… - Materials, 2023 - mdpi.com
Biorefineries with the significant amounts of lignin as a by-product have a potential to
increase business revenues by using this residue to produce high value-added materials …

Lignin Recovery from black liquor using integrated UF/NF processes and economic analysis

M Sharma, P Alves, LM Gando-Ferreira - Membranes, 2023 - mdpi.com
Lignin is a polyphenolic biopolymer present in large amounts in black liquor (BL). This work
investigated the recovery of lignin from BL (pre-filtered by ultrafiltration (UF)) by nanofiltration …

Copyrolysis of Waste Cartons and Polyolefin Plastics under Microwave Heating and Characterization of the Products

H Zhang, B Tian, X Yan, Y Bai, J Gao, X Li, Q Xie… - ACS …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Municipal organic solid waste contains many recoverable resources, including biomass
materials and plastics. The high oxygen content and strong acidity of bio-oil limit its …

[HTML][HTML] Optimization of lignin precipitation from black liquor using organic acids and its valorization by preparing lignin nanoparticles

M Sharma, J Marques, A Simões, MM Donato… - International Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
This work focuses on the precipitation of lignin from kraft black liquor (BL) along with its
valorization into lignin nanoparticles (LNP). Two organic acids namely, acetic acid, and …