Pretreatment of lignocellulosic biomass: A review on recent advances

AR Mankar, A Pandey, A Modak, KK Pant - Bioresource Technology, 2021 - Elsevier
Depleting fossil reserves and growing energy needs have raised the demand for an
alternative and clean energy source. The use of ubiquitously available lignocellulosic …

Sugarcane bagasse: a biomass sufficiently applied for improving global energy, environment and economic sustainability

EO Ajala, JO Ighalo, MA Ajala, AG Adeniyi… - Bioresources and …, 2021 - Springer
Sugarcane (Saccharum officinarum) bagasse (SCB) is a biomass of agricultural waste
obtained from sugarcane processing that has been found in abundance globally. Due to its …

Acid-based lignocellulosic biomass biorefinery for bioenergy production: Advantages, application constraints, and perspectives

AT Hoang, S Nizetic, HC Ong, CT Chong… - Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
The production of chemicals and fuels from renewable biomass with the primary aim of
reducing carbon footprints has recently become one of the central points of interest. The use …

Anaerobic digestion of vinasse from sugarcane ethanol production in Brazil: Challenges and perspectives

BS Moraes, M Zaiat, A Bonomi - Renewable and Sustainable energy …, 2015 - Elsevier
The replacement of fossil fuels by biofuels has been extremely important worldwide to
stimulate the growth of economies based on the sustainability through the use of renewable …

Current pretreatment technologies for the development of cellulosic ethanol and biorefineries

MHL Silveira, ARC Morais, AM da Costa Lopes… - …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Lignocellulosic materials, such as forest, agriculture, and agroindustrial residues, are among
the most important resources for biorefineries to provide fuels, chemicals, and materials in …

Ultrasound-enhanced conversion of biomass to biofuels

J Luo, Z Fang, RL Smith Jr - Progress in Energy and Combustion Science, 2014 - Elsevier
Two important challenges need to be addressed to realize a practical biorefinery for the
conversion of biomass to fuels and chemicals:(i) effective methods for the degradation and …

Process optimization for deep eutectic solvent pretreatment and enzymatic hydrolysis of sugar cane bagasse for cellulosic ethanol fermentation

Y Liu, X Zheng, S Tao, L Hu, X Zhang, X Lin - Renewable Energy, 2021 - Elsevier
This study investigated cellulosic ethanol production from sugar cane bagasse (SCB)
pretreated by triethylbenzyl ammonium chloride/lactic acid (TEBAC/LA) deep eutectic …

Recent advances in pretreatment technologies for efficient hydrolysis of lignocellulosic biomass

N Akhtar, K Gupta, D Goyal… - Environmental Progress & …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
To improve world energy security, lignocellulosic substrates are being used to generate
inexpensive renewable biofuel. Pretreatment of these biomasses is pre‐requisite to obtain …

Effect of ultrasound on lignocellulosic biomass as a pretreatment for biorefinery and biofuel applications

MJ Bussemaker, D Zhang - Industrial & Engineering Chemistry …, 2013 - ACS Publications
The conversion of lignocellulosic biomass for biofuels and biorefinery applications is limited
due to the cost of pretreatment to separate or access the biomass's three main usable …

Agricultural, industrial, municipal, and forest wastes: an overview

R Millati, RB Cahyono, T Ariyanto, IN Azzahrani… - … resource recovery and …, 2019 - Elsevier
Four groups of waste generated from the agricultural, forest, municipal, and industrial
sectors are discussed. Corncob, oil palm empty fruit bunch (OPEFB), rice husk, rice straw …