TY - BOOK ID - 133756135 TI - Efficient Technology for the Pretreatment of Biomass II AU - Ferrer, Ivet AU - Eskicioglu, Cigdem AU - Antonopoulou, Georgia AU - Battimelli, Audrey PY - 2021 PB - Basel, Switzerland MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute DB - UniCat KW - Technology: general issues KW - biomass KW - valorisation KW - ionic liquid KW - crystallinity KW - enzymatic hydrolysis KW - pre-treatment KW - acidogenic fermentation KW - hydrothermal treatment KW - source separated organics KW - volatile fatty acids KW - particulate organics solubilization KW - microbial community analysis KW - Pennisetum alopecuroides KW - dilute alkaline pretreatment KW - ferric chloride pretreatment KW - bioethanol KW - biomethane KW - citrus peel waste KW - biorefinery KW - biorefinery residues KW - ADM1 KW - anaerobic digestion KW - aqueous ammonia soaking pre-treatment KW - continuous KW - digested manure fibers KW - modelling KW - acetic acid KW - butyric acid KW - HRT KW - pH KW - propionic acid KW - steam treatment KW - pretreatment KW - lignocellulose KW - biochemical methane potential KW - lithium KW - sugarcane bagasse KW - saccharification KW - glycosyl-hydrolase KW - ToF-SIMS KW - surface ion distribution KW - second-generation ethanol KW - microwave pretreatment KW - grass biomass KW - p-hydroxycinnamic acids extraction KW - lignocellulosic biomass KW - NaOH pretreatment KW - bioreactor experiments KW - inhibition KW - grass lawn waste KW - whole slurry KW - separated fractions KW - alkali KW - acid KW - energy balance KW - economical assessment KW - municipal sludge KW - thermal pretreatment KW - microwave KW - contaminants of emerging concern KW - personal care products KW - antimicrobial disinfectants KW - triclosan KW - ultra-high performance liquid chromatography KW - tandem mass spectrometry KW - biogas production KW - fruit and vegetable harvesting wastes KW - process optimization KW - thermo chemical pretreatment KW - biogas yield KW - waste activated sludge KW - electro-Fenton KW - disintegration KW - dewaterability KW - mechanical pretreatments KW - agricultural wastes KW - rheology KW - physical properties UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:133756135 AB - Biomass can be used as feedstock for the production of biomaterials, chemicals, platform molecules and biofuels. It is the most reliable alternative to reduce fossil fuel consumption and greenhouse gas emissions. Within the framework of the circular economy, resource recovery from organic waste, including sewage sludge, biowaste, manure and slaughterhouse waste, is particularly useful, as it helps saving resources while reducing environmental pollution. In contrast to energy crops, lignocellulosic biomass and algae do not compete for food production; therefore, they represent an important source of biomass for bioenergy and bioproducts. However, biomass may require a pretreatment step in order to enhance its conversion into valuable products in terms of process yield and/or productivity. Furthermore, a pretreatment step may be mandatory for waste management (i.e., animal by-products).Pretreatment technologies are applied upstream of various conversion processes of biomass into biofuels or biomaterials, including bioethanol, biohydrogen, biomethane, biomolecules or bioproducts. Pretreatments may include mechanical, thermal, chemical and biological techniques, which represent a crucial, cost-intensive step for the development of biorefineries. Thus, research is needed to help identify the most effective, economic, and environmentally friendly pretreatment options for each feedstock. This Special Issue aims to gather recent developments of biomass pretreatments for bioproduct and biofuel production. ER -