Pulp and paper mill wastes: utilizations and prospects for high value-added biomaterials

A Haile, GG Gelebo, T Tesfaye, W Mengie… - Bioresources and …, 2021 - Springer
A wide variety of biomass is available all around the world. Most of the biomass exists as a
by-product from manufacturing industries. Pulp and paper mills contribute to a higher …

[HTML][HTML] Opportunities for new biorefinery products from Ethiopian ginning industry by-products: Current status and prospects

A Abuhay, W Mengie, T Tesfaye, G Gebino… - Journal of Bioresources …, 2021 - Elsevier
The global demand for textile products is rapidly increasing due to population growth, rising
living standards, economic development, and fast fashion trends. Ethiopian growth and …

A distributed activation energy model for the pyrolysis of lignocellulosic biomass

J Cai, W Wu, R Liu, GW Huber - Green Chemistry, 2013 - pubs.rsc.org
The pyrolysis kinetics of xylan, cellulose, and eight lignocellulosic biomass samples
(including corn stover, cotton stalk, palm oil husk, pine wood, red oak, sugarcane bagasse …

Combinations of fungal and milling pretreatments for enhancing rice straw biogas production during solid-state anaerobic digestion

AM Mustafa, TG Poulsen, Y Xia, K Sheng - Bioresource technology, 2017 - Elsevier
Rice straw was pretreated by different combinations of physical (milling) and biological
(incubation with Pleurotus ostreatus fungus) treatment to improve its biodegradability and …

Effect of hydrothermal and Ca (OH) 2 pretreatments on anaerobic digestion of sugarcane bagasse for biogas production

AM Mustafa, H Li, AA Radwan, K Sheng, X Chen - Bioresource technology, 2018 - Elsevier
The effect of hydrothermal (HTP) and Ca (OH) 2 pretreatments on the biogas produced by
the anaerobic digestion of sugarcane bagasse (SCB) was studied. HTP, Ca (OH) 2 and …

Dissolution of cellulose from different sources in an NaOH/urea aqueous system at low temperature

R Li, S Wang, A Lu, L Zhang - Cellulose, 2015 - Springer
The dissolution of different cellulose pulps from different sources such as wood, bamboo
and ramie pulp in 7 wt% NaOH/12 wt% urea aqueous solution was investigated in the …

Technological advancement in harvesting of cotton stalks to establish sustainable raw material supply chain for industrial applications: A review

AP Pandirwar, A Khadatkar, CR Mehta, G Majumdar… - BioEnergy …, 2023 - Springer
The cultivation of cotton produces about 2–3 tonne of residues per hectare after harvesting.
Uprooting and disposal of such a huge amount of cotton residues have become a serious …

Anatomical, morphological and chemical characteristics of kaun straw (Seetaria-ltalika)

T Ferdous, MA Quaiyyum, S Bashar… - Nordic Pulp & Paper …, 2020 - degruyter.com
Anatomical, morphological and chemical characteristics of kaun straw were examined to
assess their suitability for paper production and the properties were compared with wheat …

Utilization of non-wood biomass for pulp manufacturing in paper industry: case of Ethiopia

A Haile, G Gebino, T Tesfaye, W Mengie… - Biomass Conversion …, 2021 - Springer
There are many pulp and paper industries all around the globe and in Ethiopia as well
different companies are involved in the production and distribution of paper and paper …

Integration of mild acid hydrolysis in γ-valerolactone/water system for enhancement of enzymatic saccharification from cotton stalk

M Wu, ZY Yan, XM Zhang, F Xu, RC Sun - Bioresource technology, 2016 - Elsevier
In this study, mild acid hydrolysis using γ-valerolactone (GVL)/water system integrated with
enzymatic hydrolysis was carried out for the enhancement of enzymatic saccharification …