SpringerBriefs in molecular science., Green chemistry for sustainability.
Plant Cell Wall Structure-Pretreatment the Critical Relationship in Biomass Conversion to Fermentable Sugars / Ahmed Faik --; Thermo-Mechanical Pretreatment of Feedstocks / Chinnadurai Karunanithy, Kasiviswanathan Muthukumarappan --; Solid-State Biological Pretreatment of Lignocellulosic Biomass / Caixia Wan, Yebo Li --; Hydrothermal Pretreatment of Lignocellulosic Biomass / Iwona Cybulska, Grzegorz Brudecki, Hanwu Lei --; Pretreatment of lignocellulosic biomass using supercritical carbon dioxide as a green solvent / Tingyue Gu --; Pretreament of lignocellulosic biomass using green ionic liquids / Jian Luo, Meiqiang Cai, Tingyue Gu.
The increasing global demand for energy requires a versatile approach, prompting many researchers to focus on renewable bioenergy from different biomasses, especially cellulosic biomass. Such biomasses can be agricultural wastes, municipal wastes or direct harvests from high-yield energy corps. If properly pre-treated, the subsequent enzyme hydrolysis step is much more effective and can effectively minimises the waste disposal.