Lignin is one of the most abundant renewable resources on earth and is readily produced as
a sidestream during biomass fractioning. So far, these large quantities of lignin have been …

Available biomass, preferentially residues, can be divided in two groups: biomass with a
high or natural water content ('wet'or 'green'biomass) and biomass with low water content …

Biomass fractionation into its individual building blocks poses a major challenge to the
biorefinery concept. The recalcitrance of the lignocellulose matrix and the high crystallinity of …

Hydrothermal liquefaction (HTL) and supercritical water gasification (SCWG), two effective
thermochemical approaches converting biomass into biofuels, have received increasing …

Hydrothermal biomass conversion processes provide the opportunity to use feedstocks with
high water content for the formation of energy carriers or platform chemicals. The water plays …

Currently, recyclable acid hydrotropes (p-TsOH), deep eutectic solvents (DES, ChCl-Lac),
and ionic liquids (IL,[Amim][Cl]) are receiving increasing attention due to their superior …

Exploration of sustainable alternatives to chemicals derived from petro-based industries is
the current challenge for maintaining the balance between the needs of a changing world …

One of the greatest challenges in biorefinery is to reduce biomass' recalcitrance and enable
valorization of lignin into higher value compounds. Likewise, green solvents and …

The supercritical water gasification process is an alternative to both conventional
gasification as well as anaerobic digestion as it does not require drying and the process …

The hydrothermal carbonization (HTC) process that converts wet/dry biomass to hydrochars
(for use as solid fuels or adsorbents) needs to be optimized. We investigated the interactive …