Lignocellulosic biomass: a sustainable platform for the production of bio-based chemicals and polymers

FH Isikgor, CR Becer - Polymer chemistry, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
The demand for petroleum dependent chemicals and materials has been increasing despite
the dwindling of their fossil resources. As the dead-end of petroleum based industry has …

Bio-jet fuel conversion technologies

WC Wang, L Tao - Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2016 - Elsevier
Biomass-derived jet (bio-jet) fuel has become a key element in the aviation industry׳ s
strategy to reduce operating costs and environmental impacts. Researchers from the oil …

[HTML][HTML] Recent advances and challenges of inter-disciplinary biomass valorization by integrating hydrothermal and biological techniques

B Song, R Lin, CH Lam, H Wu, TH Tsui, Y Yu - Renewable and Sustainable …, 2021 - Elsevier
Biomass valorization for the production of various value-added biochemicals and biofuels
plays a significant role in modern biorefineries/bioenergy towards a climate neutrality future …

Production of liquid biofuels from renewable resources

PS Nigam, A Singh - Progress in energy and combustion science, 2011 - Elsevier
This article is an up-to-date review of the literature available on the subject of liquid biofuels.
In search of a suitable fuel alternative to fast depleting fossil fuel and oil reserves and in …

Progress in the production and application of n-butanol as a biofuel

C **, M Yao, H Liu, FL Chia-fon, J Ji - Renewable and sustainable energy …, 2011 - Elsevier
Butanol is a very competitive renewable biofuel for use in internal combustion engines given
its many advantages. In this review, the properties of butanol are compared with the …

Advances in diesel–alcohol blends and their effects on the performance and emissions of diesel engines

S Kumar, JH Cho, J Park, I Moon - Renewable and Sustainable Energy …, 2013 - Elsevier
The increasing energy demand, surging oil prices, depleting oil reserves and environmental
pollution problems associated with the use of fossil fuels have sparked renewed interest to …

[HTML][HTML] n-Butanol derived from biochemical and chemical routes: A review

B Ndaba, I Chiyanzu, S Marx - Biotechnology Reports, 2015 - Elsevier
Traditionally, bio-butanol is produced with the ABE (Acetone Butanol Ethanol) process using
Clostridium species to ferment sugars from biomass. However, the route is associated with …

Biofuel combustion chemistry: from ethanol to biodiesel

K Kohse‐Höinghaus, P Oßwald, TA Cool… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Biofuels, such as bio‐ethanol, bio‐butanol, and biodiesel, are of increasing interest as
alternatives to petroleum‐based transportation fuels because they offer the long‐term …

Effects of butanol–diesel fuel blends on the performance and emissions of a high-speed DI diesel engine

DC Rakopoulos, CD Rakopoulos, EG Giakoumis… - Energy conversion and …, 2010 - Elsevier
An experimental investigation is conducted to evaluate the effects of using blends of n-
butanol (normal butanol) with conventional diesel fuel, with 8%, 16% and 24%(by volume) n …

Biobutanol–An impending biofuel for future: A review on upstream and downstream processing tecniques

B Bharathiraja, J Jayamuthunagai… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2017 - Elsevier
Driven by the increase in industrialization and population, the global demand for energy and
material products is steadily growing. Since the world primary sources for energy and …