Polymers without petrochemicals: sustainable routes to conventional monomers

G Hayes, M Laurel, D MacKinnon, T Zhao… - Chemical …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Access to a wide range of plastic materials has been rationalized by the increased demand
from growing populations and the development of high-throughput production systems …

Valorization of agro-industrial wastes for biorefinery process and circular bioeconomy: A critical review

PR Yaashikaa, PS Kumar, S Varjani - Bioresource Technology, 2022 - Elsevier
Energy recovery from waste resources is a promising approach towards environmental
consequences. In the prospect of environmental sustainability, utilization of agro-industrial …

Agricultural waste biorefinery development towards circular bioeconomy

MK Awasthi, R Sindhu, R Sirohi, V Kumar… - … and sustainable energy …, 2022 - Elsevier
The concept of biorefinery depends on the recuperation of higher-value chemicals with
potential for a wide dissemination and an untapped marketability. To construct a clearer …

Production of bioethanol—A review of factors affecting ethanol yield

TJ Tse, DJ Wiens, MJT Reaney - Fermentation, 2021 - mdpi.com
Fossil fuels are a major contributor to climate change, and as the demand for energy
production increases, alternative sources (eg, renewables) are becoming more attractive …

Agro-industrial wastes and their utilization using solid state fermentation: a review

PK Sadh, S Duhan, JS Duhan - Bioresources and bioprocessing, 2018 - Springer
Agricultural residues are rich in bioactive compounds. These residues can be used as an
alternate source for the production of different products like biogas, biofuel, mushroom, and …

Ethanol biofuel production and characteristics optimization from wheat straw hydrolysate: Performance and emission study of DI-diesel engine fueled with diesel …

MM El-Sheekh, MY Bedaiwy, AA El-Nagar… - Renewable Energy, 2022 - Elsevier
Bioethanol has been classified as the most widely utilized biofuel globally because it helps
greatly decrease crude oil consumption and pollution. In this study, bioethanol production …

Biosurfactants: Production and potential applications in microbial enhanced oil recovery (MEOR)

SJ Geetha, IM Banat, SJ Joshi - Biocatalysis and Agricultural Biotechnology, 2018 - Elsevier
Microbial enhanced oil recovery (MEOR) is a type of enhanced oil recovery (EOR)
technology, generally employed as a tertiary stage where oil recovery using primary and …

Biowaste-to-bioenergy using biological methods–a mini-review

SK Bhatia, HS Joo, YH Yang - Energy conversion and management, 2018 - Elsevier
The continued production of waste is creating management problems. The use of traditional
waste management methods, such as incineration and landfill, releases gases that may …

Current advances in on-site cellulase production and application on lignocellulosic biomass conversion to biofuels: a review

JGW Siqueira, C Rodrigues… - Biomass and …, 2020 - Elsevier
The potential of lignocellulosic feedstock has been widely studied, mainly for biofuels
production, which usually requires an enzymatic step on the process. Cellulolytic enzymes …

Typical conversion of lignocellulosic biomass into reducing sugars using dilute acid hydrolysis and alkaline pretreatment

YL Loow, TY Wu, J Md. Jahim, AW Mohammad… - Cellulose, 2016 - Springer
The development and production of fossil fuel alternatives have become one of the main
focal points in recent investigations. Lignocellulosic biomass is a renewable source of …