Biorefinery: Conversion of Woody Biomass to Chemicals and Energy
Conversion of biomass to chemicals and energy is imperative to sustain our way of life as known to today. Fossil fuels have become the predominant energy source today. However, fossil deposits are limited and not renewable. Biomass is a reliable source of chemicals and energy that can be replenished at the rate of our needs. The biorefinery is a concept for the collection of processes used to convert biomass to chemicals and energy. The Biorefinery is a catch and release way of using carbon that is beneficial to the environment and the economy. Discussions are made for the elements of the wood-based biorefinery as proposed at SUNY ESF (College of Environmental Science and Forestry): hot-water extraction, hydrolysis,membrane separation / concentration, pulping, and biological conversion of sugars to biofuels, chemical, and biopolymers.Hemicelluloses are the most easily separable main component of woody biomass and thus form the bulk of the extractsobtained in hot-water extraction of wood. Hydrolysis of hemicelluloses produces 5-carbon sugars (mainly xylose), 6-carbon sugars (mainly glucose and mannose), and acetic acid.
Thomas E. Amidon Shijie Liu
Department of Paper and Bioprocess Engineering SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry 1 Forestry Drive,Syracuse,NY 13210
国际会议
广州
英文
11-24
2008-12-03（万方平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）