Forest Biorefinery

Dear Colleagues,

Forest biorefineries are industrial concepts that add value to forest biomass-based products. Biorefineries are based on refining processes which produce the combination of fuels, energy, and chemicals in a way that can be recognized as sustainable production.

“Forest Biorefineries” is the title of this Special Issue of the international journal Forests, and it will consist of topics on the technology-driven biorefinery processes, process design, and products from biorefinery systems. Topics will also cover controlled biomass fractionation either through chemical or thermochemical processes. The production of chemicals from the fractionation products, hemicellulose, lignin, and advanced fibre products are the core of forest biorefineries.

Additionally, the issue will also include topics such as added-value products from forest-based industry side streams and the recovery of maximal exploitation of the entire feedstock/resource/raw material.

We anticipate selecting articles that reflect not only integrated pulp biorefineries, but also diverse biorefining approaches outside of pulp and paper production. We are particularly interested in articles that show the complex nature of biorefineries based on sustainable production.

Please feel free to contact us if you are interested and would like to have further details.

Prof. Dr. Ari Pappinen
Dr. Suvi Kuittinen
Guest Editors

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