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Lignocellulosics as a Renewable Feedstock for Chemical Industry: Chemicals from Lignin

Chris Fellows, Trevor C Brown, William O S Doherty

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Abstract

Lignin is a promising feedstock for generation of renewable substitutes for fossil fuel-derived liquid fuels and chemical feed stocks, and the only convenient renewable source of aromatic compounds. This review outlines the products obtainable directly through lignocellulosic biomass fractionation and through depolymerisation/valorisation of lignin. Current and potential value-added applications of these products as substitutes in applications currently dominated by products derived from fossil fuels are discussed.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationGreen Chemistry for Environmental Remediation
EditorsRashmi Sanghi, Vandana Singh
Place of PublicationSalem, United States of America
PublisherScrivener Publishing
Pages561-610
Edition1
ISBN (Print)9781118287682, 9780470943083
Publication statusPublished - 2012

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

  1. SDG 7 - Affordable and Clean Energy
    SDG 7 Affordable and Clean Energy

Keywords

  • Separation Science
  • Physical Chemistry of Materials

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