Hydrothermal treatment of biomass feedstocks for sustainable production of chemicals, fuels, and materials: progress and perspectives

B Zhang, BK Biswal, J Zhang… - Chemical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Hydrothermal process is an emerging technology that contributes to sustainable production
of biomass-derived chemicals, fuels, and materials. This technology uses hot compressed …

A review on solvent systems for furfural production from lignocellulosic biomass

CBTL Lee, TY Wu - Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2021 - Elsevier
Utilizing biomass in biorefineries is a favorable sustainable method to produce platform
chemicals, materials and energy. Conversions of lignocellulosic biomass to chemicals have …

Microwave-assisted hydrothermal treatments for biomass valorisation: a critical review

Y Gao, J Remón, AS Matharu - Green Chemistry, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
The sustainable conversion of biomass into biofuels, chemicals and biomaterials has gained
increasing attention to ensure the well-being of present and future generations. Among the …

A comprehensive review on hydrothermal carbonization of biomass and its applications

R Sharma, K Jasrotia, N Singh, P Ghosh, S Srivastava… - Chemistry Africa, 2020 - Springer
Hydrothermal carbonization (HTC) has gained a lot of interest in the last few years for the
process production of hydrochar from the different kinds of biological materials such as …

Recent progress in direct production of furfural from lignocellulosic residues and hemicellulose

T Zhang, W Li, H **ao, Y **, S Wu - Bioresource Technology, 2022 - Elsevier
Furfural is a vital biomass-derived platform molecule, which can be used to synthesize a
wide range of value-added chemicals. Furfural and its derivatives are promising alternatives …

Catalytic transformations for agro-waste conversion to 5-hydroxymethylfurfural and furfural: Chemistry and scale-up development

A Kumar, AS Chauhan, R Bains, P Das - Green Chemistry, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Due to the overabundance of agro-waste and the related environmental concerns,
sustainable and economical pathways for the synthesis of furanic compounds as alternative …

Production of furans from C 5 and C 6 sugars in the presence of polar organic solvents

L Ricciardi, W Verboom, JP Lange… - Sustainable Energy & …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Furfural and hydroxymethylfurfural are promising platform molecules for manufacturing
chemicals and fuel components. These furanic compounds are the product of the acid …

Composite coal fly ash solid acid catalyst in synergy with chloride for biphasic preparation of furfural from corn stover hydrolysate

L Gong, ZY Xu, JJ Dong, H Li, RZ Han, GC Xu… - Bioresource technology, 2019 - Elsevier
A solid acid catalyst SO 4 2−/SnO 2-Al 2 O 3-CFA was synthesized based on industrial
waste coal fly ash (CFA) as carrier and applied in the conversion of oxalic acid pretreated …

One-pot aqueous-phase conversion of biomass into furfural catalyzed by supported heteropolyacids with the addition of LiBr

L Zhu, X Shao, X Pan, Z Sun, X Li, X Duan, J Shi - Biomass and Bioenergy, 2023 - Elsevier
Catalytic conversion of waste biomass to furfural (FF) is an important valorization of
lignocellulose. Heteropolyacid catalysts were designed for efficient aqueous-phase …

Catalytic Conversion of Xylose to Furfural by p-Toluenesulfonic Acid (pTSA) and Chlorides: Process Optimization and Kinetic Modeling

M Sajid, M Rizwan Dilshad, M Saif Ur Rehman, D Liu… - Molecules, 2021 - mdpi.com
Furfural is one of the most promising precursor chemicals with an extended range of
downstream derivatives. In this work, conversion of xylose to produce furfural was performed …