[HTML][HTML] A critical review of analytical methods in pretreatment of lignocelluloses: composition, imaging, and crystallinity

K Karimi, MJ Taherzadeh - Bioresource technology, 2016 - Elsevier
Lignocelluloses are widely investigated as renewable substrates to produce biofuels, eg,
ethanol, methane, hydrogen, and butanol, as well as chemicals such as citric acid, lactic …

Pretreatment of lignocelluloses for enhanced biogas production: A review on influencing mechanisms and the importance of microbial diversity

S Mirmohamadsadeghi, K Karimi, R Azarbaijani… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2021 - Elsevier
As one of the most efficient methods for waste management and sustainable energy
production, anaerobic digestion (AD) countenances difficulties in the hydrolysis of …

Insight into pretreatment methods of lignocellulosic biomass to increase biogas yield: current state, challenges, and opportunities

JU Hernández-Beltrán, IO Hernández-De Lira… - Applied sciences, 2019 - mdpi.com
Lignocellulosic biomass is recalcitrant due to its heterogeneous structure, which is one of
the major limitations for its use as a feedstock for methane production. Although different …

Pretreatment methods to enhance solubilization and anaerobic biodegradability of lignocellulosic biomass (wheat straw): Progress and challenges

AM Rahmani, P Gahlot, K Moustakas, AA Kazmi… - Fuel, 2022 - Elsevier
Agro-waste (wheat straw) is considered most effective (heating value 16 MJ/kg) for energy
recovery through anaerobic digestion (AD). However, the complex lignocellulosic structure …

Cellulose solvent-based pretreatment for enhanced second-generation biofuel production: a review

B Satari, K Karimi, R Kumar - Sustainable energy & fuels, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
Cellulose, in addition to hemicellulose and lignin, makes the major fraction of lignocellulosic
biomass–the only sustainable feedstock to meet the long-term sustainable energy need of …

Combination of fungal and physicochemical processes for lignocellulosic biomass pretreatment–a review

E Shirkavand, S Baroutian, DJ Gapes… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2016 - Elsevier
Biofuel production from lignocellulose has recently been gaining much more attention as a
result. One major problem of using lignocellulosic materials for the production of biofuel is …

Biogas generation from biomass as a cleaner alternative towards a circular bioeconomy: Artificial intelligence, challenges, and future insights

Q Wang, C **a, K Alagumalai, TTN Le, Y Yuan… - Fuel, 2023 - Elsevier
In recent years, the growing trend of energy consumption from fossil fuels in the world has
faced mankind with two major crises of environmental pollution and the increasing …

Pretreatment technologies for anaerobic digestion of lignocelluloses and toxic feedstocks

R Millati, R Wikandari, T Ariyanto, RU Putri… - Bioresource …, 2020 - Elsevier
Several feedstocks for anaerobic digestion (AD) have challenges that hamper the success of
AD with their low accessible surface area, biomass recalcitrance, and the presence of …

Waste to energy: A focus on the impact of substrate type in biogas production

N Nwokolo, P Mukumba, KC Obileke, M Enebe - Processes, 2020 - mdpi.com
Anaerobic digestion is an efficient technology for a sustainable conversion of various
organic wastes such as animal manure, municipal solid waste, agricultural residues and …

[HTML][HTML] Yield improvements in anaerobic digestion of lignocellulosic feedstocks

B Hashemi, S Sarker, JJ Lamb, KM Lien - Journal of cleaner production, 2021 - Elsevier
The new EU bioenergy sustainability criteria demonstrate that bioenergy sustainability can
be a challenge (Schlegel and Kaphengst, 2007). In 1990s, the energy crops were the main …