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Title: Ethanol: A Promising Green Solvent for the Deconstruction of Lignocellulose

Abstract

We present that growing energy demand and the need to reduce environmental impact, increase energy security, and rural economic development has encouraged the development of sustainable renewable fuels. Non-food lignocellulosic biomass is a suitable source for sustainable energy because the biomass feedstocks are low cost, abundant, and carbon neutral. Recent thermochemical conversion studies are frequently directed at converting biomass to high quality liquid fuel precursors or chemicals in a single step. Supercritical ethanol has been selected as a promising solvent medium to deconstruct lignocellulosic biomass since the ethanol has extraordinary solubility towards lignocellulosic biomass and can be resourced from cellulosic ethanol facilities. This review provides critical insight into both catalytic and non-catalytic strategies of lignocellulose deconstruction. In this context, the supercritical ethanol deconstruction pathways are thoroughly reviewed; gas chromatography coupled with mass spectrometry (GC-MS), one-dimensional and two-dimensional nuclear magnetic resonance spectrometry (NMR), and elemental analysis strategies towards liquid biomass deconstruction products are critically presented. Lastly, this review aims to provide readers a broad and accurate roadmap of this novel biomass to biofuel conversion techniques.

Authors:
 [1];  [2];  [3]; ORCiD logo [4]
  1. Karabük University (Turkey). Department of Environmental Engineering
  2. Univ. of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN (United States). Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
  3. Karabük University (Turkey). Department of Chemistry
  4. Univ. of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN (United States). Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering; Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States). Joint Institute of Biological Science, Biosciences Division; University of Tennessee Institute of Agriculture, Knoxville, TN (United States). Center for Renewable Carbon, Department of Forestry, Wildlife, and Fisheries
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Research Org.:
Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Biological and Environmental Research (BER)
OSTI Identifier:
1468053
Grant/Contract Number:  
AC05-00OR22725
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
ChemSusChem
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 11; Journal Issue: 20; Journal ID: ISSN 1864-5631
Publisher:
ChemPubSoc Europe
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
09 BIOMASS FUELS; Supercritical Ethanol Extraction; Biomass; bio-oil

Citation Formats

Tekin, Kubilay, Hao, Naijia, Karagoz, Selhan, and Ragauskas, Arthur Jonas. Ethanol: A Promising Green Solvent for the Deconstruction of Lignocellulose. United States: N. p., 2018. Web. doi:10.1002/cssc.201801291.
Tekin, Kubilay, Hao, Naijia, Karagoz, Selhan, & Ragauskas, Arthur Jonas. Ethanol: A Promising Green Solvent for the Deconstruction of Lignocellulose. United States. https://doi.org/10.1002/cssc.201801291
Tekin, Kubilay, Hao, Naijia, Karagoz, Selhan, and Ragauskas, Arthur Jonas. Mon . "Ethanol: A Promising Green Solvent for the Deconstruction of Lignocellulose". United States. https://doi.org/10.1002/cssc.201801291. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1468053.
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title = {Ethanol: A Promising Green Solvent for the Deconstruction of Lignocellulose},
author = {Tekin, Kubilay and Hao, Naijia and Karagoz, Selhan and Ragauskas, Arthur Jonas},
abstractNote = {We present that growing energy demand and the need to reduce environmental impact, increase energy security, and rural economic development has encouraged the development of sustainable renewable fuels. Non-food lignocellulosic biomass is a suitable source for sustainable energy because the biomass feedstocks are low cost, abundant, and carbon neutral. Recent thermochemical conversion studies are frequently directed at converting biomass to high quality liquid fuel precursors or chemicals in a single step. Supercritical ethanol has been selected as a promising solvent medium to deconstruct lignocellulosic biomass since the ethanol has extraordinary solubility towards lignocellulosic biomass and can be resourced from cellulosic ethanol facilities. This review provides critical insight into both catalytic and non-catalytic strategies of lignocellulose deconstruction. In this context, the supercritical ethanol deconstruction pathways are thoroughly reviewed; gas chromatography coupled with mass spectrometry (GC-MS), one-dimensional and two-dimensional nuclear magnetic resonance spectrometry (NMR), and elemental analysis strategies towards liquid biomass deconstruction products are critically presented. Lastly, this review aims to provide readers a broad and accurate roadmap of this novel biomass to biofuel conversion techniques.},
doi = {10.1002/cssc.201801291},
journal = {ChemSusChem},
number = 20,
volume = 11,
place = {United States},
year = {Mon Aug 27 00:00:00 EDT 2018},
month = {Mon Aug 27 00:00:00 EDT 2018}
}

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