Recent advances in lignocellulosic and algal biomass pretreatment and its biorefinery approaches for biochemicals and bioenergy conversion

Yue Zhang; Zheli Ding; Md Shahadat Hossain; Rupesh Maurya; Yulu Yang; Vijai Singh; Deepak Kumar; El-Sayed Salama; Xinwei Sun; Raveendran Sindhu; Parameswaran Binod; Zengqiang Zhang; Mukesh Kumar Awasthi

doi:10.1016/j.biortech.2022.128281

Recent advances in lignocellulosic and algal biomass pretreatment and its biorefinery approaches for biochemicals and bioenergy conversion

Bioresour Technol. 2023 Jan:367:128281. doi: 10.1016/j.biortech.2022.128281. Epub 2022 Nov 9.

Authors

Affiliations

¹ College of Natural Resources and Environment, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi Province 712100, China; Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611, the United States of America.
² Haikou Experimental Station, Chinese Academy of Tropical Agricultural Sciences (CATAS), Haikou, Hainan Province 571101, China.
³ Department of Chemical Engineering, SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry, Syracuse, NY, the United States of America.
⁴ Department of Biosciences, School of Science, Indrashil University, Rajpur, Mehsana 382715, Gujarat, India.
⁵ Department of Occupational and Environmental Health, School of Public Health, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou City, 730000, Gansu Province, China.
⁶ College of Natural Resources and Environment, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi Province 712100, China.
⁷ Department of Food Technology, TKM Institute of Technology, Kollam 691505, Kerala, India.
⁸ Microbial Processes and Technology Division, CSIR-National Institute for Interdisciplinary Science and Technology (CSIR-NIIST), Trivandrum 695 019, Kerala, India.
⁹ College of Natural Resources and Environment, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi Province 712100, China. Electronic address: mukeshawasthi85@nwafu.edu.cn.

PMID: 36370945
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2022.128281

Abstract

As the global demand for sustainable energy increases, lignocellulosic (such as agricultural residues, forest biomass, municipal waste, and dedicated energy crops) and algal (including macroalgae and microalgae) biomass have attracted considerable attention, because of their high availability of carbohydrates. This is a potential feedstock to produce biochemical and bioenergy. Pretreatment of biomass can disrupt their complex structure, increasing conversion efficiency and product yield. Therefore, this review comprehensively discusses recent advances in different pretreatments (physical, chemical, physicochemical, and biological pretreatments) for lignocellulosic and algal biomass and their biorefining methods. Life cycle assessment (LCA) which enables the quantification of the environmental impact assessment of a biorefinery also be introduced. Biorefinery processes such as raw material acquisition, extraction, production, waste accumulation, and waste conversion are all monitored under this concept. Nevertheless, there still exist some techno-economic barriers during biorefinery and extensive research is still needed to develop cost-effective processes.

Keywords: Algal biomass; Biorefinery; Life cycle assessment; Lignocellulosic biomass; Pretreatment.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Biofuels*
Biomass
Crops, Agricultural / metabolism
Lignin* / metabolism

Substances

lignocellulose
Biofuels
Lignin