The concept of a biorefinery that integrates processes and technologies for biomass
conversion demands efficient utilization of all components. Hydrothermal processing is a …

Hemicelluloses currently represent the largest polysaccharide fraction wasted in most
cellulosic ethanol pilot and demonstration plants around the world. The reasons are based …

Cellulosic plant material represents an as-of-yet untapped source of fermentable sugars for
significant industrial use. Many physio-chemical structural and compositional factors hinder …

Various agricultural residues, such as corn fiber, corn stover, wheat straw, rice straw, and
sugarcane bagasse, contain about 20–40% hemicellulose, the second most abundant …

Biomass pretreatment (BP) plays a crucial role in a lignocellulose feedstock-based
biorefinery (LCFBR) for processing of three major output streams (cellulose, hemicelluloses …

Economic interest in xylitol production can be enhanced if the needed xylose solutions can
be obtained from the hydrolysis of low-cost lignocellulosic wastes. Sugar cane bagasse is a …

The citrus-processing industry generates in the Mediterranean area huge amounts of
orange peel as a byproduct from the industrial extraction of citrus juices. To reduce its …

In the present work, samples of sugar cane bagasse were hydrolysed with phosphoric acid
under mild conditions (H3PO4 2–6%, time 0–300min and 122° C) to study the feasibility of …

Sugar cane bagasse was hydrolysed using nitric acid at variable concentration (2–6%),
reaction time (0–300 min) and temperature (100–128° C). The concentration of sugars …

Olive tree wood, a renewable low-cost agricultural residue, was submitted to steam
explosion pretreatment at 190, 210, 230 and 240° C for 5min. To improve enzymatic …