Biomass for energy: A review on supply chain management models

LJR Nunes, TP Causer, D Ciolkosz - Renewable and Sustainable Energy …, 2020 - Elsevier
The present study reviews the status of research on biomass supply chain modeling.
Biomass has become increasingly important as a renewable alternative energy source. One …

Production of 2, 5-furandicarboxylic acid (FDCA) from 5-hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF): recent progress focusing on the chemical-catalytic routes

M Sajid, X Zhao, D Liu - Green chemistry, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
Furandicarboxylic acid (FDCA) has been considered as a good precursor, instead of
petroleum-derived terephthalate acid (TPA), for producing green polymers such as …

[HTML][HTML] The path forward for lignocellulose biorefineries: bottlenecks, solutions, and perspective on commercialization

AK Chandel, VK Garlapati, AK Singh, FAF Antunes… - Bioresource …, 2018 - Elsevier
Lignocellulose biorefinery encompasses process engineering and biotechnology tools for
the processing of lignocellulosic biomass for the manufacturing of bio-based products (such …

Significance and challenges of biomass as a suitable feedstock for bioenergy and biochemical production: A review

R Ahorsu, F Medina, M Constantí - Energies, 2018 - mdpi.com
Fossil fuels have been a major contributor to greenhouse gases, the amounts of which could
be reduced if biofuels such as bioethanol and biodiesel were used for transportation. One of …

Biomass-based chemical looping technologies: the good, the bad and the future

X Zhao, H Zhou, VS Sikarwar, M Zhao… - Energy & …, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
Biomass is a promising renewable energy resource despite its low energy density, high
moisture content and complex ash components. The use of biomass in energy production is …

Folding of xylan onto cellulose fibrils in plant cell walls revealed by solid-state NMR

TJ Simmons, JC Mortimer, OD Bernardinelli… - Nature …, 2016 - nature.com
Exploitation of plant lignocellulosic biomass is hampered by our ignorance of the molecular
basis for its properties such as strength and digestibility. Xylan, the most prevalent non …

Biomass feedstocks for renewable fuel production: a review of the impacts of feedstock and pretreatment on the yield and product distribution of fast pyrolysis bio-oils …

D Carpenter, TL Westover, S Czernik, W Jablonski - Green Chemistry, 2014 - pubs.rsc.org
Renewable transportation fuels from biomass have the potential to substantially reduce
greenhouse gas emissions and diversify global fuel supplies. Thermal conversion by fast …

Negative CO2 emissions through the use of biofuels in chemical looping technology: A review

T Mendiara, F García-Labiano, A Abad, P Gayán… - Applied energy, 2018 - Elsevier
In order to limit the increase in the global average temperature to 2° C or below, the Paris
Agreement proposed the reduction of CO 2 emissions throughout this century. Bioenergy …

A review and perspective of recent bio-oil hydrotreating research

AH Zacher, MV Olarte, DM Santosa, DC Elliott… - Green chemistry, 2014 - pubs.rsc.org
The pathway for catalytic hydrodeoxygenation (HDO) of biomass-derived fast pyrolysis oil
represents a compelling route for production of liquid transportation fuels. This is a review of …

Reductive catalytic fractionation of corn stover lignin

EM Anderson, R Katahira, M Reed… - ACS Sustainable …, 2016 - ACS Publications
Reductive catalytic fractionation (RCF) has emerged as an effective biomass pretreatment
strategy to depolymerize lignin into tractable fragments in high yields. We investigate the …