The combination of dwindling petroleum reserves and population growth make the
development of renewable energy and chemical resources more pressing than ever before …

The concept of a biorefinery that provides valuable bioproducts from biomass conversion
instead of fossil based products is presented. One of the main biorefinery products …

Lignocellulosic biomass is considered as the future feedstock for ethanol production
because of its low cost and its huge availability. One of the major lignocellulosic materials …

Sugarcane straw (SCS) is a raw material with high potential for production of cellulose
derivatives due to its morphology and structure. The proposal of this work was to synthesize …

Agricultural crop residues (palm oil empty fruit bunches—EFB) were used as raw material for
cellulose, lignin and hemicelluloses obtaining following sustainable criteria. An organosolv …

The increasing demand for paper has raised the need for low-cost raw materials and also for
the development of new process in order to boost production. Non-wood fibers, for example …

In order to defray the cost of biodiesel production, the ensuing work was to further
investigate utilization of the crude glycerol (CG) from oleochemicals industry in the …

Considering the practical technology–economy of glycerol processing from oleochemicals
industry, the ensuing work was proposed to further explore the atmospheric aqueous …

Microwave-assisted pretreatment of recalcitrant softwood in aqueous glycerol containing a
series of organic and inorganic acids with different pKa values was examined. The pulp …

Conventional pulping processes, such as soda, soda‐Antraquinone (AQ), and kraft, are
currently used for non‐wood pulping. The main challenges of non‐wood pulping in …