An Overview of Biorefinery Derived Platform Chemicals from a Cellulose and Hemicellulose Biorefinery

Overview

Journal Clean Technol Environ Policy

Publisher Springer

Date 2018 Oct 16

PMID 30319323

Citations 51

Authors

Sudhakar Takkellapati

Tao Li

Michael A Gonzalez

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Abstract

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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