Second generation bioethanol production: on the use of pulp and paper industry wastes as feedstock

RHR Branco, LS Serafim, AMRB Xavier - Fermentation, 2018 - mdpi.com
Due to the health and environment impacts of fossil fuels utilization, biofuels have been
investigated as a potential alternative renewable source of energy. Bioethanol is currently …

Membrane technology for the recovery of lignin: A review

D Humpert, M Ebrahimi, P Czermak - Membranes, 2016 - mdpi.com
Utilization of renewable resources is becoming increasingly important, and only sustainable
processes that convert such resources into useful products can achieve environmentally …

The current and emerging sources of technical lignins and their applications

T Li, S Takkellapati - Biofuels, Bioproducts and Biorefining, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Technical lignins are bulk feedstocks. They are generated as byproducts from pulping or
cellulosic ethanol production. As lignin undergoes significant structural changes as a result …

An overview of lignocellulose and its biotechnological importance in high-value product production

AO Ojo - Fermentation, 2023 - mdpi.com
Lignocellulose consists of cellulose, hemicellulose, and lignin and is a sustainable
feedstock for a biorefinery to generate marketable biomaterials like biofuels and platform …

Demonstration‐scale enzymatic saccharification of sulfite‐pulped spruce with addition of hydrogen peroxide for LPMO activation

THF Costa, A Kadic', P Chylenski… - Biofuels, Bioproducts …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The saccharification of lignocellulosic materials like Norway spruce is challenging due to the
recalcitrant nature of the biomass, and it requires optimized and efficient pretreatment and …

Getting value from pulp and paper industry wastes: On the way to sustainability and circular economy

MST Amândio, JM Pereira, JMS Rocha, LS Serafim… - Energies, 2022 - mdpi.com
The pulp and paper industry is recognized as a well-established sector, which throughout its
process, generates a vast amount of waste streams with the capacity to be valorized …

Valorization of pulp and paper industry waste streams into bioenergy and value-added products: An integrated biorefinery approach

V Kumar, SK Malyan, W Apollon, P Verma - Renewable Energy, 2024 - Elsevier
The sustainable management of residual waste streams generated from the pulp and paper
industry (PPI) has garnered increasing concerns due to the energy crisis and the pressing …

Lipid production by Cryptococcus curvatus growing on commercial xylose and subsequent valorization of fermentation waste-waters for the production of edible and …

P Diamantopoulou, NG Stoforos, E Xenopoulos… - Biochemical …, 2020 - Elsevier
A rarely studied Cryptoccus curvatus strain (viz. NRRL Y-1511) was cultivated in shake-flask
submerged nitrogen-limited experiments, with commercial xylose being employed as …

[HTML][HTML] Multi-criteria analysis of detoxification alternatives: Techno-economic and socio-environmental assessment

T Llano, C Rueda, E Dosal, A Andrés, A Coz - Biomass and Bioenergy, 2021 - Elsevier
The transformation of fermentable sugars provided from lignocellulosic wastes into biofuels
or bioproducts is a key point at second-generation biorefineries. Spent sulfite liquor is a …

Potential dependence of gluconic acid to glucose electroreduction on silver

M Wolfsgruber, P Patil, CM Pichler… - Catalysis Science & …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
The electrocatalytic conversion of gluconic acid, an aldonic acid, as a model component of
spent sulfite liquor (SSL) represents a green approach for side stream valorization. The …