Potentials and challenges in lignocellulosic biofuel production technology

M Raud, T Kikas, O Sippula, NJ Shurpali - Renewable and Sustainable …, 2019 - Elsevier
Since the Kyoto protocol, the EU renewable energy policy has been the driving force in
research and development of the production and use of biofuels. Therefore, the utilization of …

Ionic liquids as tool to improve enzymatic organic synthesis

T Itoh - Chemical Reviews, 2017 - ACS Publications
Ionic liquids (ILs) have now been acknowledged as reaction media for biotransformations.
The first three examples were reported in this field in 2000, and since then, numerous …

Various pretreatments of lignocellulosics

H Rabemanolontsoa, S Saka - Bioresource technology, 2016 - Elsevier
Biomass pretreatment for depolymerizing lignocellulosics to fermentable sugars has been
studied for nearly 200 years. Researches have aimed at high sugar production with minimal …

Prospects on bio-based 2, 3-butanediol and acetoin production: Recent progress and advances

S Maina, AA Prabhu, N Vivek, A Vlysidis… - Biotechnology …, 2022 - Elsevier
The bio-based platform chemicals 2, 3-butanediol (BDO) and acetoin have various
applications in chemical, cosmetics, food, agriculture, and pharmaceutical industries …

Ionic liquid pretreatment as emerging approaches for enhanced enzymatic hydrolysis of lignocellulosic biomass

AA Elgharbawy, MZ Alam, M Moniruzzaman… - Biochemical Engineering …, 2016 - Elsevier
Ionic liquids (ILs) have been increasingly exploited as solvents and/or reagents in many
applications due to their “green” properties as well as their tunable physicochemical and …

Brazilian biorefineries from second generation biomass: critical insights from industry and future perspectives

AK Chandel, MBS Forte, IS Gonçalves… - Biofuels, Bioproducts …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Transitioning from gasoline and petroleum‐based products to biofuels and green chemicals
is a paradigm shift that will lead to the development of the bioeconomy. In this sense, the …

Development of cellulase-nanoconjugates with enhanced ionic liquid and thermal stability for in situ lignocellulose saccharification

J Grewal, R Ahmad, SK Khare - Bioresource technology, 2017 - Elsevier
The present work aimed to improve catalytic efficiency of Trichoderma reesei cellulase for
enhanced saccharification. The cellulase was immobilized on two nanomatrices ie magnetic …

Feasibility of manufacturing cellulose nanocrystals from the solid residues of second-generation ethanol production from sugarcane bagasse

LA Camargo, SC Pereira, AC Correa, CS Farinas… - BioEnergy …, 2016 - Springer
The reuse of the solid residues generated in the production of second-generation (2G)
ethanol to obtain high-value products is a potential strategy for improving the economic and …

One-pot bioprocess for lactic acid production from lignocellulosic agro-wastes by using ionic liquid stable Lactobacillus brevis

J Grewal, SK Khare - Bioresource Technology, 2018 - Elsevier
The lignocellulosic agro-wastes are an attractive renewable resource in biorefinery for
production of value-added platform chemicals and biofuels. The study describes use of …

Biomass degradation: Challenges and strategies in extraction and fractionation of hemicellulose

NIW Azelee, HI Mahdi, YS Cheng, N Nordin, RM Illias… - Fuel, 2023 - Elsevier
Extraction and fractionation of hemicellulose from complex lignocellulosic biomass are
crucial steps to acquiring purified hemicellulose that can probably used in biofuel and …