Extraction, Utilization and Conversion of Woody Biomass
This special issue belongs to the section "Environmental and Green Processes".
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
There has been a growing interest toward biomass processing in recent years not only for environmental but also for technical and economic reasons. Therefore, methods have developed for processing biomass, including fractionation, extraction, and conversion aiming at producing value-added chemicals or materials. The utilization of biomass as a drop-in replacement of conventional materials has also attracted considerable attention in the areas of adsorption, composite production, and biomass to fuel processes.
This Special Issue aims to investigate recent developments in lignocellulosic biomass processing, particularly in the extraction and conversion of lignocellulosic biomass. Topic of interests include:
- Extraction methods including supercritical and subcritical water extraction, as well as solvent extraction. Waste biomass fractionation for bio-active extract production;
- Biomass conversion methods including thermochemical (torrefaction, slow pyrolysis, hydrothermal carbonization, liquefaction, and fast pyrolysis), biochemical, chemical, and combined methods;
- Utilization of biomass as adsorbents for adsorption of heavy metals, dyes, pesticides, etc. Biomass-based composite materials. Utilization of bioactive biomass extracts.
Dr. Catarina Pereira Nobre
Prof. Dr. Terencio Rebello de Aguiar Junior
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- Extraction
- Green solvents
- Bioactive chemicals
- Thermochemical conversion
- Slow pyrolysis
- Hydrothermal carbonization
- Fast pyrolysis
- Adsorbent
- Composite
- Lignocellulosic
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Published Papers
Processes - ISSN 2227-9717