Towards Sustainable and Efficient Bioprocesses: Treatment of Biomass

Dear Colleagues,

The development of efficient bioprocesses for the production of biobased products and value-added biomolecules has emerged as a solution to the demands of the increasing human population and due urbanization requirements. However, the greatest challenge is the selection and design of the most efficient performance routes in such bioprocesses. In this sense, two major bottlenecks can be identified: the pretreatment of biomasses for the liberation of sugars, proteins, oils and micronutrients, and the extraction of bio compounds. Thus, the development of eco-friendly bioprocesses will lead to more sustainable production systems that embrace social equality, environmental protection and economic growth.     

This Special Issue is to attract original research contributions and review articles in the field of pretreatment of biomass applying techniques such as chemical, physical, physicochemical, biological processes, and irradiation. As well as, advances in the extraction of biocompounds after a given bioprocess. Topics include, but are not limited to:

• Sustainable and effective pretreatment of biomass or bioresources;
• Large-scale industrial application of biomass pretreatment;
• Extraction of biomolecules, bioproducts, biobased chemicals and biofuels by green technologies;
• Enzyme-assisted extraction, microwave-assisted extraction, ultrasound-assisted extraction and pulse electric field methods.

Dr. Ivan Salmerón Ochoa
Prof. Dr. Dyah Hesti Wardhani
Dr. José Antonio Vázquez Álvarez
Guest Editors

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