Jiangsu Co-Innovation Center of Efficient Processing and Utilization of Forest Resources, College of Light Industry and Food Engineering, Nanjing Forestry University, 159 LongPan Road, Nanjing 210037, ...

The development comes as depolymerization becomes increasingly popular among plastics recyclers. Last year, GR3N opened and launched an industrial demonstration plant for its microwave-assisted ...

Department of Chemistry, Pittsburg State University, 1701 S. Broadway Street, Pittsburg, Kansas 66762, United States National Institute for Materials Advancement, Pittsburg State University, 1204 ...

Wood has three components: cellulose, hemicellulose and lignin. To make it transparent, the lignin and hemicellulose are removed, leaving behind a porous, paper-like network of cellulose.

Individual wood fibers are made up mainly of cellulose, along with a binder material known as lignin. This mixture forms the wall of what is essentially a long hollow tube – the fiber – which ...

The Dutch pyrolysis firm Blue Cycle went into bankruptcy late last year, and Carbios recently delayed plans for a French polyethylene terephthalate depolymerization plant as it seeks to pin down ...

so the remaining aromatics present in the polymer backbone would remain available to generate additional streams of phenolic compounds for conversion to valuable products after lignin depolymerization ...

As one of the main components in biomass, lignin plays a vital role in the biorefinery industry. Its unique structural feature increases the dose of cellulases during enzymatic deconstruction and is ...