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An overview of biorefinery-derived platform chemicals from a cellulose and hemicellulose biorefinery
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Takkellapati, S., T. Li, AND M. Gonzalez. An overview of biorefinery-derived platform chemicals from a cellulose and hemicellulose biorefinery. CLEAN TECHNOLOGIES AND ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY. Springer-Verlag, New York, NY, 20(7):1615-1630, (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10098-018-1568-5
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Currently most of the chemicals and energy are produced from fossil fuel resources. The world is dependent on depleting fossil fuels for the production of approximately 80% of energy and about 90% of chemicals. Large-scale use of these fossil fuels negatively impacts the environment due to emission of harmful greenhouse gases leading to air pollution. Demand for energy and organic chemical consumption is growing due to increase in the world population. Biomass waste valorization has very high importance in resource recovery within integrated waste management. Biorefinery, which utilizes biomass as the resource, may be a sustainable solution for conversion of waste biomass to platform chemicals. Biorefinery could bring a sustainable growth with environmental advantages in the reduction of overall greenhouse gas emissions.
Description:
Until recently, most of energy and industrially produced chemicals were derived from fossil fuel-based resources. This along with the continued depletion of finite fossil resources and their attributed adverse environmental impacts, alternatively sourced and more sustainable resources are being pursued as feedstock replacements. Thus, biomass has been identified as an alternate renewable and more sustainable resource as a means to reduce this sector’s dependence on fossil fuel-based resources and to alleviate their environmental impacts. As such, lignocellulosic biomass has been further identified and demonstrated as an abundant renewable resource for the production of biofuels, platform chemicals, and their respective value-added products. This review article provides an overview of the techniques developed for the valorization of biomass in the production of platform chemicals within a biorefinery and the status for commercialization.
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DOI: An overview of biorefinery-derived platform chemicals from a cellulose and hemicellulose biorefinery
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http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10098-018-1568-5