Bioconversion of Lignocellulosic Biomass and Process Intensification
A special issue of Molecules (ISSN 1420-3049). This special issue belongs to the section "Applied Chemistry".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 January 2022) | Viewed by 16209
Special Issue Editors
Interests: biofuels; biorefinery; lignocellulosic bioethanol; lignocellulosic biomass conversion; biomass pretreatment; enzymatic hydrolysis; direct-biomass fuel cells
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Lignocellulosic biomass has attracted great interest in recent decades for the production of biofuels, chemicals, materials, and electricity. Bioconversion is one of the promising pathways for utilization of lignocellulose. However, there are various challenges in the bioconversion of lignocellulose in terms of pretreatment, enzymatic hydrolysis, fermentation, product recovery, and process integration. This Special Issue will cover a wide range of research areas related to the bioconversion of biomass, including but not limited to the following:
- Novel pretreatment to overcome biomass recalcitrance;
- Interaction between cellulases and process intensification of the enzymatic hydrolysis of cellulose;
- Conversion of lignocellulosic biomass with microbial consortium;
- Modification and engineering of microorganisms to increase their tolerance to inhibitors;
- Screening or construction of novel strains to produce chemicals and fuels from biomass;
- Novel technology for recovery and purification of production from biomass-fermentation broth;
- Integration, simulation, optimization, and techno-economic evaluation of biomass bioconversion processes.
Dr. Xuebing Zhao
Prof. Keke Cheng
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- biomass
- bioconversion
- pretreatment
- enzymatic hydrolysis
- microbial degradation
- biofuels
- biochemicals