Green Processing of Lignocellulosic Biomass for the Production of Renewable Fuels and Chemicals
A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Sustainable Chemical Engineering and Technology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 May 2025 | Viewed by 76
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Lignocellulosic biomasses are the largest available “surplus” biomass consisting of natural carbon sources, and they represent an attractive option for the production of renewable fuels, chemicals, and materials under modern biorefinery industries through physio-chemical and biological pathways. Fermentable sugars could be derived from lignocellulosic biomasses to produce various liquid/gaseous biofuels and platform chemicals via microbial fermentation. However, conventional processing methods face many critical challenges such as toxic generation, high production costs, wastewater processing issues, and high chemical and energy demands. Thus, the employment of green chemistry would further promote the sustainability of biorefinery development and novel technologies for bioenergy/resource recovery from modern bioenergy sources and challenges encountered while moving from reality to practicability. This Special Issue intends to focus on new and emerging trends in green processing for the deconstruction of lignocellulosic modern bioenergy through green chemistry applications using green solvents, economic catalysts, and sustainable process developments to reduce environmental impacts and promote the circular bioeconomy.
In this Special Issue, original research articles and reviews are welcome. Research areas may include (but are not limited to) the following:
- Green solvent application for biomass pretreatment;
- Bioenergy and resource recovery;
- Application of ionic liquids, organosolv, and eutectic solvents for biofuel production;
- Biomass reclamation and recycling;
- Hydrothermal, thermochemical processing for biohydrogen, bioethanol and biobutanol, and biogas production;
- Sustainable management and analysis;
- Agricultural wastes and modern bioenergy crops.
I look forward to receiving your contributions.
Dr. Tirath Raj
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- bioenergy
- green processing
- biofuels production
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