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Direct, High‐Yield Conversions of Cellulose into Biofuel and Platform Chemicals—On the Way to a Sustainable Biobased Economy
Author(s) -
Rüsch gen. Klaas Mark,
Schöne Heralt
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
chemsuschem
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.412
H-Index - 157
eISSN - 1864-564X
pISSN - 1864-5631
DOI - 10.1002/cssc.200800186
Subject(s) - furfural , biofuel , biomass (ecology) , cellulose , yield (engineering) , chemistry , pulp and paper industry , fermentation , biochemical engineering , raw material , organic chemistry , waste management , catalysis , materials science , engineering , oceanography , metallurgy , geology
Steering away from alcohol : Fermentation of carbohydrates to ethanol might not be the best way to utilize biomass for the production of fuels and platform chemicals. Two different new remarkable approaches lead to polyols or furfural derivatives.