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Second-generation bioethanol from industrial wood waste of South American species
(Green Wave Publishing of Canada, 2017-09-01)
There is a global interest in replacing fossil fuels with renewable sources of energy. The present review evaluates the significance of South-American wood industrial wastes for bioethanol production. Four countries have ...
Optimization of the soda-ethanol delignification stage for a rice husk biorefinery
(Elsevier, 2017-03-01)
The aim of this work was to optimize the delignification of the hemicelluloses-free fraction of rice husk to obtain fractions of lignin, cellulose, and inorganics, which could be valorized in the context of the rice husk ...
Lignocellulosics as sustainable resources for production of bioplastics : a review
(Elsevier, 2017-09-20)
The bio-based economy requires a sustainable utilization of bioresources for production of a range of products, including pulp, paper, chemicals, biofuel and bioplastics. Currently, various types of bioplastics are produced ...
Hydrothermal treatments applied to agro- and forest- industrial waste to produce high added-value compounds
(North Carolina State University. Department of Wood and Paper Science, 2017-01-01)
Agro- and forest-industrial wastes are abundant and low cost sources of carbohydrates and phenolic compounds, which can be converted into biofuels, biomaterials, and high added-value compounds by different pathways in small ...
Dissolving pulps by oxidation of the cellulosic fraction of lignocellulosic waste
(Editura Acad Romane, 2017-12-01)
Cellulosic fractions of Eucalyptus sp. sawdust pulp and of sugarcane bagasse pulp, which had been subjected to hydrothermal and alkaline treatments, were purified by oxidative means (oxygen and ozone, followed by an alkaline ...