A guide to lignin valorization in biorefineries: traditional, recent, and forthcoming approaches to convert raw lignocellulose into valuable materials and chemicals

F Brienza, D Cannella, D Montesdeoca, I Cybulska… - RSC …, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
Lignin is the most abundant source of renewable aromatics on Earth, yet its enormous
potential remains underexploited in current biorefinery and pulping processes. The …

Oxidative catalytic fractionation of lignocellulosic biomass under non-alkaline conditions

H Luo, EP Weeda, M Alherech, CW Anson… - Journal of the …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Biomass pretreatment methods are commonly used to isolate carbohydrates from biomass,
but they often lead to modification, degradation, and/or low yields of lignin. Catalytic …

Environmental impact assessment of cascading use of wood in bio-fuels and bio-chemicals

K Navare, W Arts, G Faraca, G Van den Bossche… - Resources …, 2022 - Elsevier
Cascading keeps wood in products for a longer duration and delays the embedded biogenic
carbon emission. Carbon is kept out of the atmosphere for longer, giving forests time to …

Feasibility of wood as a renewable carbon feedstock for the production of chemicals in Europe

W Arts, I Storms, J Van Aelst, B Lagrain… - Biofuels, Bioproducts …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
In transitioning to a carbon‐neutral chemical industry, the intake of fossil feedstocks will
have to be reduced by maximizing end‐of‐life product recycling and introducing alternative …

The lignin challenge in catalytic conversion of biomass solids to chemicals and fuels

MM Abu-Omar, PC Ford - RSC Sustainability, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Presented here is an overview of progress in one approach to reducing greenhouse gas
emission, namely substituting photosynthesis generated, woody biomass for fossil carbon as …

Lignin-first biorefinery approach for the valorization of cotton stalks to phenolic monomers

M Jindal, A Kumar, S Rawat, B Thallada - Sustainable Energy & Fuels, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Conventional biochemical conversion technologies concentrate on depolymerizing
carbohydrates, leaving lignin behind as a residue and underutilized waste. Reductive …

Lignocellulose biorefinery advances the liquid biofuel platform

H Latine, T Nicolaï, W Arts, D Raikwar… - Handbook of Biofuels …, 2023 - Elsevier
Due to huge, wasteful energy production and consumption to keep the economy running,
emissions of carbon dioxide, a prominent greenhouse gas, are reaching unprecedent …

[PDF][PDF] RSC Sustainability

I Cybulska, DP Debecker - 2024 - dial.uclouvain.be
Lignin is the most abundant source of renewable aromatics on Earth; yet its enormous
potential remains largely underexploited in current biore nery and pulping processes. Most …

[PDF][PDF] Assessing Circularity of Wood Cascading

K Navare, K Van Acker, B Muys, K Vrancken - 2022 - lirias.kuleuven.be
Assessing Circularity of Wood Cascading Kranti Navare Page 1 ARENBERG DOCTORAL
SCHOOL FACULTY OF ENGINEERING SCIENCE Assessing Circularity of Wood Cascading …