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Cover Picture: Acid Hydrolysis of Cellulose as the Entry Point into Biorefinery Schemes (ChemSusChem 12/2009)
Author(s) -
Rinaldi Roberto,
Schüth Ferdi
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
chemsuschem
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.412
H-Index - 157
eISSN - 1864-564X
pISSN - 1864-5631
DOI - 10.1002/cssc.200990045
Subject(s) - biorefinery , raw material , biofuel , cellulose , depolymerization , pulp and paper industry , biomass (ecology) , renewable energy , hydrolysis , environmental science , biorefining , renewable resource , bioenergy , waste management , straw , chemistry , organic chemistry , engineering , agronomy , inorganic chemistry , electrical engineering , biology
The cover image shows a sustainable biorefinery scheme. Cellulose is a renewable and highly available feedstock that is typically found in wood, straw, grass, municipal solid waste, and crop residues. Its use, as raw material for biofuel production, opens a possibility for sustainable biorefinery schemes that do not compete with the food supply. Tapping into this feedstock for the production of biofuels and chemicals requires, as the first step, its depolymerization or its hydrolysis to intermediates more susceptible to chemical and/or biological transformations. Rinaldi and Schüth from the Max‐Planck‐Institut für Kohlenforschung describe efficient methods for the conversion of cellulose in their Review found on page 1096.