Waste biomass valorization for the production of biofuels and value-added products: A comprehensive review of thermochemical, biological and integrated processes

JA Okolie, EI Epelle, ME Tabat, U Orivri… - Process Safety and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Waste biomass can be converted to green fuels and value-added products via
thermochemical and biological conversion processes. The thermochemical processes …

Enzymes, In Vivo Biocatalysis, and Metabolic Engineering for Enabling a Circular Economy and Sustainability

P Intasian, K Prakinee, A Phintha, D Trisrivirat… - Chemical …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Since the industrial revolution, the rapid growth and development of global industries have
depended largely upon the utilization of coal-derived chemicals, and more recently, the …

Beneficial applications of biofilms

LA Philipp, K Bühler, R Ulber, J Gescher - Nature Reviews Microbiology, 2024 - nature.com
Many microorganisms live in the form of a biofilm. Although they are feared in the medical
sector, biofilms that are composed of non-pathogenic organisms can be highly beneficial in …

An overview of biorefinery-derived platform chemicals from a cellulose and hemicellulose biorefinery

S Takkellapati, T Li, MA Gonzalez - Clean technologies and …, 2018 - Springer
Until recently, most of energy and industrially produced chemicals were derived from fossil
fuel-based resources. This along with the continued depletion of finite fossil resources and …

Gas fermentation—a flexible platform for commercial scale production of low-carbon-fuels and chemicals from waste and renewable feedstocks

FM Liew, ME Martin, RC Tappel, BD Heijstra… - Frontiers in …, 2016 - frontiersin.org
There is an immediate need to drastically reduce the emissions associated with global fossil
fuel consumption in order to limit climate change. However, carbon-based materials …

Review of old chemistry and new catalytic advances in the on-purpose synthesis of butadiene

EV Makshina, M Dusselier, W Janssens… - Chemical Society …, 2014 - pubs.rsc.org
Increasing demand for renewable feedstock-based chemicals is driving the interest of both
academic and industrial research to substitute petrochemicals with renewable chemicals …

The formate bio-economy

O Yishai, SN Lindner, JG de la Cruz… - Current opinion in …, 2016 - Elsevier
Highlights•Formate is an ideal mediator between the physicochemical and biological
realms.•Formate can be efficiently produced from various highly available …

Use of biomass in integrated steelmaking–Status quo, future needs and comparison to other low-CO2 steel production technologies

H Suopajärvi, K Umeki, E Mousa, A Hedayati, H Romar… - Applied Energy, 2018 - Elsevier
This paper provides a fundamental and critical review of biomass application as a reducing
agent and fuel in integrated steelmaking. The basis for the review is derived from the current …

Pathways of lignocellulosic biomass conversion to renewable fuels

S Nanda, J Mohammad, SN Reddy, JA Kozinski… - Biomass Conversion …, 2014 - Springer
The increased worldwide demand for energy, particularly from petroleum-derived fuels has
led to the search for a long-term solution of a reliable source of clean energy. Lignocellulosic …

Quantitative investigation of explosion behavior and spectral radiant characteristics of free radicals for syngas/air mixtures

B Su, Z Luo, A Krietsch, D Wu, T Wang, S Zhou… - International Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
The combustion characteristics and explosive hazard of syngas (H 2/CO)/air mixtures are
affected by its exact composition and equivalence ratios. In this paper, the explosion …