Biomass Transformation

The exploitation of biomass resources has resulted in an urgent need to produce energy, fuels, and chemical products to replace traditional fossil-based sources. This Topic highlights a variety of valorization strategies for the production of bio-energy and added-value bio-products. The authors pres...

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description The exploitation of biomass resources has resulted in an urgent need to produce energy, fuels, and chemical products to replace traditional fossil-based sources. This Topic highlights a variety of valorization strategies for the production of bio-energy and added-value bio-products. The authors present different approaches, starting from the direct conversion of waste biomasses into energy and then moving towards the production of biofuels and bioproducts, such as bio-ethanol, biodiesel, and corresponding by-products originating from the production chain, while also investigating the catalytic aspects and intensification issues. Biochar production and exploitation are topics that are discussed by many authors in this Topic, optimizing thermochemical synthesis and the corresponding applications, mainly as fuel, soil fertilizer, and adsorbent for environmental pollutants. Lastly, different strategies for the fractionation/conversion of the main biomass components into high-added-value products were investigated, highlighting the synthesis of short-chain fatty acids via anaerobic fermentation, the depolymerization of the lignin component via fast-pyrolysis or oxidative paths, and the extraction of chitin nanowhiskers from crustacean biomass with cheap and sustainable ionic liquids. In summary, this Topic showcases innovative developments in the field of biomass conversion strategies, emphasizing the conversion of waste and alignment with environmental, economic, and social sustainability criteria.
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spelling doab-20.500.12854ir-1656522025-08-12T10:03:51Z Biomass Transformation Licursi, Domenico Hernández, Juan Biomass conversion thermochemical treatments platform chemicals process intensification thema EDItEUR::G Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects::GP Research and information: general The exploitation of biomass resources has resulted in an urgent need to produce energy, fuels, and chemical products to replace traditional fossil-based sources. This Topic highlights a variety of valorization strategies for the production of bio-energy and added-value bio-products. The authors present different approaches, starting from the direct conversion of waste biomasses into energy and then moving towards the production of biofuels and bioproducts, such as bio-ethanol, biodiesel, and corresponding by-products originating from the production chain, while also investigating the catalytic aspects and intensification issues. Biochar production and exploitation are topics that are discussed by many authors in this Topic, optimizing thermochemical synthesis and the corresponding applications, mainly as fuel, soil fertilizer, and adsorbent for environmental pollutants. Lastly, different strategies for the fractionation/conversion of the main biomass components into high-added-value products were investigated, highlighting the synthesis of short-chain fatty acids via anaerobic fermentation, the depolymerization of the lignin component via fast-pyrolysis or oxidative paths, and the extraction of chitin nanowhiskers from crustacean biomass with cheap and sustainable ionic liquids. In summary, this Topic showcases innovative developments in the field of biomass conversion strategies, emphasizing the conversion of waste and alignment with environmental, economic, and social sustainability criteria. 2025-08-12T10:03:49Z 2025-08-12T10:03:49Z 2025 book ONIX_20250812T110751_9783725842711_407 9783725842711 9783725842728 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/165652 eng image/jpeg Attribution 4.0 International https://mdpi.com/books https://mdpi.com/books/pdfview/topic/11263 MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 10.3390/books978-3-7258-4272-8 10.3390/books978-3-7258-4272-8 46cabcaa-dd94-4bfe-87b4-55023c1b36d0 9783725842711 9783725842728 376 open access
spellingShingle Biomass conversion
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Biomass Transformation
title Biomass Transformation
title_full Biomass Transformation
title_fullStr Biomass Transformation
title_full_unstemmed Biomass Transformation
title_short Biomass Transformation
title_sort biomass transformation
topic Biomass conversion
thermochemical treatments
platform chemicals
process intensification
thema EDItEUR::G Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects::GP Research and information: general
topic_facet Biomass conversion
thermochemical treatments
platform chemicals
process intensification
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url ONIX_20250812T110751_9783725842711_407