Progress in the solvent depolymerization of lignin
| Autor: | Sushil Adhikari, Phillip Cross, Vivek Patil, Hossein Kargar Jahromi |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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Renewable Energy
Sustainability and the Environment Depolymerization 020209 energy fungi Organosolv technology industry and agriculture food and beverages Liquefaction macromolecular substances 02 engineering and technology complex mixtures Product distribution Solvent chemistry.chemical_compound chemistry Chemical engineering 0202 electrical engineering electronic engineering information engineering Lignin Hydrodeoxygenation Kraft paper |
| Zdroj: | Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews. 133:110359 |
| ISSN: | 1364-0321 |
| Popis: | Solvent liquefaction of lignin is a simultaneous depolymerization and hydrodeoxygenation process used to generate monomer products for fuel and specialty chemical applications. Lignin source, its isolation technique, and the process conditions play essential roles in overall lignin conversion and product distribution. This paper reviews major structural changes that occur during Kraft, organosolv, soda, and other novel lignin extraction processes and how these structural changes affect the solvent liquefaction performances. Reaction conditions, including temperature, residence time, solvent characteristics, and catalyst, are reviewed. Finally, pathways for getting commercially valuable chemicals from lignin is explored. The role of non-water solvents in achieving high-value products from lignin depolymerization is also discussed. The structure of lignin was found to be more critical than reaction conditions in determining the product yields, and future research should have more emphasis on this aspect. Overall, high temperature and longer residence time were found to be useful for depolymerization under certain conditions, such as the presence of homogeneous catalysts, condensed lignin structure, and water as a solvent. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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