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CLEAN TECHNOLOGIES AND ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY
Volume 20, Issue 7, Pages 1615-1630Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s10098-018-1568-5
Keywords
Biorefinery; Biomass; Platform chemicals; Lignocellulose; Gasification; Fermentation
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- Intramural EPA [EPA999999] Funding Source: Medline
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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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