Efficient method for the conversion of agricultural waste into sugar alcohols over supported bimetallic catalysts

Screening of mono- and bi-functional catalysts for the one-pot conversion of cellobiose into sorbitol

“…When aiming to produce sugar alcohols such as sorbitol and xylitol using metal catalysts one of the challenges is to avoid further hydrogenolysis of the products [10][11][12][13][14]. Bi-functional catalysts can provide both acid sites and metallic sites [15][16][17][18][19][20]. The acid sites promote the hydrolysis whereas the metallic sites mostly promote sugar hydrogenation.…”

Isolation of lignin by organosolv process from different varieties of rice husk: Understanding their physical and chemical properties

“…In recent times, the cellulosic part of third generation feedstock, lignocelluloses is considered for ethanol production to trounce the food vs. fuel dispute associated with 1st and 2nd generation feedstocks (Huber et al, 2006). Moreover, synthesis of value added chemicals from cellulose and hemicellulose through several methods is a rapidly growing research area (Bhaumik and Dhepe, 2016;Corma et al, 2007;Tathod and Dhepe, 2015). Though, cellulose finds a number of applications as mentioned above, (Fukuoka and Dhepe, 2006;Hussin et al, 2014) another principal constituent of lignocelluloses, lignin is just burned to produce heat or used as an additive in cement industry (Ragauskas et al, 2014).…”

Extraction of arabinoxylans from wheat bran using hydrothermal processes assisted by heterogeneous catalysts

“…Fossil fuels are currently the most used energy source, but their depletion and non-renewal are forcing to look for other suitable feedstocks (Amidon & Liu, 2009;Apprich et al, 2014;Tathod & Dhepe, 2015). Biomass is nowadays produced in huge amount all over the world.…”

“…30%) and lignin (ca. 20%), is considered an excellent raw material for chemicals synthesis (Tathod & Dhepe, 2015). Cellulose is a long chain polysaccharide represented by the general formula (C6H10O5)n (n represents the number of glucose molecules).…”