Role of energy irradiation in aiding pretreatment of lignocellulosic biomass for improving reducing sugar recovery

Radiation-induced modifications in natural fibres and their biocomposites: Opportunities for controlled physico-chemical modification pathways?

“…Furthermore, the content and the nature of surface textile applications. Among many other chemical and physical treatment methods (Belgacem and Gandini, 2005;Faruk et al, 2012;Kalia et al, 2009), electron beam (e-beam) and gamma (γ) radiation treatments have been widely used to treat various lignocellulosic biomass with the aim of improving their accessibility to solvents and reagents for their subsequent chemical modification and processing, or for enhancing cellulose enzymatic hydrolysis for the production of ethanol and 2nd generation biofuel (Arthur, 1971;Driscoll et al, 2009;Fischer et al, 1985;Klemm et al, 1998;Loow et al, 2016). Irradiation can also be used to modify natural fibres, and generate radicals or functional groups available for grafting functionalized molecules of interest.…”

“…The effect of irradiation has been studied on various lignocellulosic substrates with the aim of improving accessibility to solvents, chemical reagents or enzymes, and hence increasing cellulose dissolution capacity for its subsequent processing or the extent of cellulose enzymatic hydrolysis for the production of ethanol and 2nd generation biofuels (Arthur, 1971;Driscoll et al, 2009;Fischer et al, 1985;Klemm et al, 1998;Loow et al, 2016). In all the studies, a strong decrease of the molecular weight of cellulose has been reported depending on the radiation dose and energy.…”

Valorization of Side-Streams from a SSF Biorefinery Plant: Wheat Straw Lignin Purification Study

“…Among different types of bioresources, lignocellulosic materials have emerged due to their renewability and large biomass stock (Menon and Rao 2012). The conversions of lignocellulosic biomass into biofuels and commodity chemicals via the biotechnological pathway have been recent trends (Loow et al 2016a). To take advantage of all the various biomass components and to maximize their added value, lignocellulose must be fractionated into its three primary components, namely cellulose, hemicellulose, and lignin (Loow et al 2015).…”

Interaction Effects of pH and Inhibitors in Oil Palm Frond (OPF) Hemicelullosic Hydrolysate on Xylitol Production: A Statistical Study

“…12 In order to overcome the recalcitrance and alter the structural hindrance of LCB for effective digestibility and component utilisation, a pretreatment stage is often required. 13,14 The feasibility of LCB as feedstock for xylitol production has been explored worldwide depending on the availability of this biomass and the hydrolysis treatment applied. In Malaysia, the generation of oil palm plantation is estimated to be around 73.74 million tonnes of biomass annually and OPF is the most abundant biomass in the oil palm plantation.…”