Recent updates on different methods of pretreatment of lignocellulosic feedstocks: a review
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- 作者：Adepu Kiran Kumar ; Shaishav Sharma
- 关键词：Pretreatment ; Lignocellulosic biomass ; Cellulose ; Lignin ; Reducing sugars
- 刊名：Bioresources and Bioprocessing
- 出版年：2017
- 出版时间：December 2017
- 年：2017
- 卷：4
- 期：1
- 全文大小：1283KB
- 刊物类别：Biochemical Engineering; Environmental Engineering/Biotechnology; Industrial and Production Engineer
- 刊物主题：Biochemical Engineering; Environmental Engineering/Biotechnology; Industrial and Production Engineering;
- 出版者：Springer Berlin Heidelberg
- ISSN：2197-4365
- 卷排序：4
文摘
Lignocellulosic feedstock materials are the most abundant renewable bioresource material available on earth. It is primarily composed of cellulose, hemicellulose, and lignin, which are strongly associated with each other. Pretreatment processes are mainly involved in effective separation of these complex interlinked fractions and increase the accessibility of each individual component, thereby becoming an essential step in a broad range of applications particularly for biomass valorization. However, a major hurdle is the removal of sturdy and rugged lignin component which is highly resistant to solubilization and is also a major inhibitor for hydrolysis of cellulose and hemicellulose. Moreover, other factors such as lignin content, crystalline, and rigid nature of cellulose, production of post-pretreatment inhibitory products and size of feed stock particle limit the digestibility of lignocellulosic biomass. This has led to extensive research in the development of various pretreatment processes. The major pretreatment methods include physical, chemical, and biological approaches. The selection of pretreatment process depends exclusively on the application. As compared to the conventional single pretreatment process, integrated processes combining two or more pretreatment techniques is beneficial in reducing the number of process operational steps besides minimizing the production of undesirable inhibitors. However, an extensive research is still required for the development of new and more efficient pretreatment processes for lignocellulosic feedstocks yielding promising results.