Journal article
Routes to Potential Bioproducts from Lignocellulosic Biomass Lignin and Hemicelluloses
Bioenergy research, Vol.4(4), pp.246-257
12/2011
Handle:
https://hdl.handle.net/2376/115365
Abstract
An essential feature of proposed fermentation-based lignocellulose to biofuel conversion processes will be the co-production of higher value chemicals from lignin and hemicellulose components. Over the years, many routes for chemical conversion of lignin and hemicelluloses have been developed by the pulp and paper industry and we propose that some of these can be applied for bioproducts manufacturing. For lignin products, thermochemical, chemical pulping, and bleaching methods for production of polymeric and monomeric chemicals are reviewed. We conclude that peroxyacid chemistry for phenol and ring-opened products looks most interesting. For hemicellulose products, preextraction of hemicelluloses from woody biomass is important and influences the mixture of solubilized material obtained. Furfural, xylitol, acetic acid, and lactic acid are possible targets for commercialization, and the latter can be further converted to acrylic acid. Pre-extraction of hemicelluloses can be integrated into most biomass-to-biofuel conversion processes.
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- Title
- Routes to Potential Bioproducts from Lignocellulosic Biomass Lignin and Hemicelluloses
- Creators
- Xiao Zhang - School of Chemical Engineering and Bioengineering, Center for Bioproducts and Bioenergy Washington State University Richland WA USAMaobing Tu - School of Forestry and Wildlife Sciences Auburn University Auburn AL USAMichael Paice - MP & Associates Richmond BC Canada
- Contributors
- Lew P Christopher (Editor)Akwasi Boateng (Editor)Manuel Garcia-Perez (Editor)William Gibbons (Editor)Jim Kiniry (Editor)Kurt Spokas (Editor)Kyoung Ro (Editor)Junyong Zhu (Editor)
- Publication Details
- Bioenergy research, Vol.4(4), pp.246-257
- Academic Unit
- Chemical Engineering and Bioengineering, School of
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag; New York
- Identifiers
- 99900547797001842
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article