The utilization of lignocellulosic biomass to produce fuels and chemicals is an effective way
to gradually relieve the global threats of petroleum exhaustion and climate change …

Lignocellulosic materials, such as forest, agriculture, and agroindustrial residues, are among
the most important resources for biorefineries to provide fuels, chemicals, and materials in …

Biological conversion of cellulosic biomass to fuels and chemicals offers the high yields to
products vital to economic success and the potential for very low costs. Enzymatic hydrolysis …

New transportation fuels are badly needed to reduce our heavy dependence on imported oil
and to reduce the release of greenhouse gases that cause global climate change; cellulosic …

This review presents a comprehensive discussion of the key technical issues in woody
biomass pretreatment: barriers to efficient cellulose saccharification, pretreatment energy …

The economic dependency on fossil fuels and the resulting effects on climate and
environment have put tremendous focus on utilizing fermentable sugars from lignocellulose …

Alkaline hydrogen peroxide (AHP) was first introduced in 1984. Its ability to selectively attack
carbonyl and ethylene groups is proven to enhance the delignification process of …

Ammonia-based pretreatments have been extensively studied in the last decade as one of
the leading pretreatment technologies for lignocellulose biorefining. Here, we discuss the …

Although the structure and function of cellulase systems continue to be the subject of intense
research, it is widely acknowledged that the rate and extent of the cellulolytic hydrolysis of …

Biomass pretreatment (BP) plays a crucial role in a lignocellulose feedstock-based
biorefinery (LCFBR) for processing of three major output streams (cellulose, hemicelluloses …