Catalytic Biomass Fractionation
A special issue of Processes (ISSN 2227-9717). This special issue belongs to the section "Catalysis Enhanced Processes".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 April 2020) | Viewed by 11739
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The depletion of fossil resources and food and water shortage associated with population growth encourage the search for alternative way to produce fuels, chemicals, and materials. Perspective solutions should mitigate climate change, reduce fossil-fuel dependence, and not be competitive with the food production. The replacement of fossil raw materials by biomass is foreseen.
The conversion of biomass is difficult and inefficient due to biomass recalcitrance. Many factors contribute to the recalcitrance of biomass to chemicals and enzymes. The complexity of the biomass matrix, crystallinity of cellulose, and the inhibition of enzymatic activity by lignin are a few among them. Biomass fractionation is the key process to unlock biomass potential and enable its full utilization. The aim of this Special Issue is to cover an efficient and green catalytic pretreatment and fractionation methods. Successful methods should be able to overcome biomass recalcitrance and enable tailoring valorization.
I would like to invite authors to publish relevant papers and short reviews on advances, challenges, and perspectives in the field. Experimental, theoretical, and computational research are all encouraged, including but not limited to:
- Catalysis application in pretreatment and fractionation processes for biomass;
- Integration and intensification of processes for complete biomass conversion;
- Identification of challenges and gaps in scale-up of fractionation methods;
- Technoeconomic and life-cycle analysis.
Dr. M. (Maxim) Galkin
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- catalytic biomass fractionation
- biorefinery
- lignocellulose
- biomass valorization
- homogeneous catalysis
- heterogeneous catalysis
- biocatalysis
- reductive biomass fractionation
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