Journal of Fundamentals of Renewable Energy and Applications
Open Access
ISSN: 2090-4541
+44 1300 500008
ISSN: 2090-4541
+44 1300 500008
Prashant Katiyar
Sam Higgin Bottom Institute of Agriculture, Technology and Sciences (Deemed University),
Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh
India
Research Article
A Current Scenario and Novel Approaches to Degrade the Lignocellulosic Biomass for the Production of Biodiesel
Author(s): Prashant Katiyar, Shailendra Kumar Srivastava and Vinod Kumar TyagiPrashant Katiyar, Shailendra Kumar Srivastava and Vinod Kumar Tyagi
Biofuels derived from lignocellulose biomass are alternative options replacing fossil fuels in near future. Lignocellulose biomass consists of lignin, cellulose and hemicelluloses. These three elements form a complex network in lignocellulose biomass which is difficult to break by following traditional methods because of lignin. Pretreatment technologies makes possible to degrade the main barrier ie lignin.The possible pretreatment approaches are: organic solvent-water mixture, natural dyes, nanocatalyst, Ionic Liquids (ILs) treatments and combinational culture of bacterial strains i.e. Bacillus and Geobacillus species efficently produces biofuel via transesterification. Currently, the production of biofuels across the world has increased especially in U.S, India and other European countries. On account of following reasons: ecofriendly residues, less expe.. View More»
DOI:
10.4172/2090-4541.1000161