A critical review on biochar production from pine wastes, upgradation techniques, environmental sustainability, and challenges

AK Sharma, PK Ghodke, N Goyal, P Bobde… - Bioresource …, 2023 - Elsevier
Pine wastes, including pine needles, cones, and wood, are abundantly produced as an
agroforestry by-product globally and have shown tremendous potential for biochar …

Renewable lignin and its macromolecule derivatives: an emerging platform toward sustainable electrochemical energy storage

X Yang, Y Zhang, M Ye, Y Tang, Z Wen, X Liu… - Green Chemistry, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
The conversion of natural renewable resources to high-value chemical products for
electrochemical energy storage is becoming an effective measure to alleviate the energy …

Enabling lignin valorization through integrated advances in plant biology and biorefining

RA Dixon, A Puente-Urbina… - Annual Review of …, 2024 - annualreviews.org
Despite lignin having long been viewed as an impediment to the processing of biomass for
the production of paper, biofuels, and high-value chemicals, the valorization of lignin to …

Techno-economic feasibility analysis: The missing piece in the puzzle of deep eutectic solvents

A Azzouz, M Hayyan - Sustainable Materials and Technologies, 2024 - Elsevier
Deep eutectic solvents (DESs) have recently emerged as greener alternatives to
conventional solvents and mixtures on account of their intriguing properties. However …

Green pathways for biomass transformation: A holistic evaluation of deep eutectic solvents (DESs) through life cycle and techno-economic assessment

CL Yiin, ZY Lai, BLF Chin, SSM Lock, KW Cheah… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2024 - Elsevier
The utilization of renewable biomass resources to manufacture biofuels, chemicals, and
materials has garnered considerable attention. Deep eutectic solvents (DESs) have …

Lignocellulosic biomass valorisation: A review of feedstocks, processes and potential value chains, and their implications for the decision-making process

B Segers, P Nimmegeers, M Spiller, G Tofani… - RSC …, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
Several studies have reported on the importance of transforming the current fossil-based
economy into a bio-economy. Lignocellulosic biomass, as the most abundant renewable …

Unraveling lignin's structural features for catalytic oxidative depolymerization and enhanced renewable resource utilization

X Wang, Y Zhang, S Jia, H Deng, W Xu, J Shi - Industrial Crops and …, 2024 - Elsevier
The effective utilization of lignin, a complex and abundant biopolymer in biomass, holds
great potential for sustainable biomass conversion and the development of renewable …

Limits for sustainable biosurfactant production: Techno-economic and environmental assessment of a rhamnolipid production process

P Noll, JC Solarte-Toro, DL Restrepo-Serna… - Bioresource Technology …, 2024 - Elsevier
A techno-economic and environmental assessment of a di-rhamnolipid production process
is presented. The process was designed based on patents describing industrial-scale …

Continuous Separation and Purification of Chemical Species by Continuous Liquid–Liquid Partition Chromatography Implemented with Membrane-Based Phase …

R Viano, L Milani, R Orkenyi… - … Process Research & …, 2023 - ACS Publications
New equipment and methodology for the continuous separation and purification of chemical
species via continuous liquid–liquid partition chromatography are presented. This is …

Lignin depolymerization for its valorization

D Chettri, S Ahmed, AA Malik, AK Verma - BioEnergy Research, 2023 - Springer
Recent global shift towards sustainable development and biorefinery-based approach for
meeting the energy and other needs of the industries and urban population focuses on …