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A Study on Catalytic Conversion of Non-Food Biomass into ChemicalsGeneral Introduction

A Study on Catalytic Conversion of Non-Food Biomass into Chemicals: General Introduction [Conversion of biomass into renewable and valuable chemicals has attracted worldwide interest in order to build up sustainable societies. Cellulose and chitin are the first and second most abundant biomass in nature and utilization of these polymers does not compete with food production. However, low reactivity due to rigid structure of cellulose and chitin has hampered selective depolymerization to chemicals. Design of catalysts along with reaction engineering for transformation of cellulose and chitin has been expected to overcome this issue. Indeed, a number of reaction systems employing homo- and heterogeneous catalysts as well as enzymes have been reported so far to produce platform compounds such as glucose and N-acetylglucosamine. In this chapter, the present situations in biorefinery, namely utilization of cellulose and chitin, are summarized and discussed.] http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

A Study on Catalytic Conversion of Non-Food Biomass into ChemicalsGeneral Introduction

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Publisher
Springer Singapore
Copyright
© Springer Science+Business Media Singapore 2016
ISBN
978-981-10-0331-8
Pages
1 –41
DOI
10.1007/978-981-10-0332-5_1
Publisher site
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Abstract

[Conversion of biomass into renewable and valuable chemicals has attracted worldwide interest in order to build up sustainable societies. Cellulose and chitin are the first and second most abundant biomass in nature and utilization of these polymers does not compete with food production. However, low reactivity due to rigid structure of cellulose and chitin has hampered selective depolymerization to chemicals. Design of catalysts along with reaction engineering for transformation of cellulose and chitin has been expected to overcome this issue. Indeed, a number of reaction systems employing homo- and heterogeneous catalysts as well as enzymes have been reported so far to produce platform compounds such as glucose and N-acetylglucosamine. In this chapter, the present situations in biorefinery, namely utilization of cellulose and chitin, are summarized and discussed.]

Published: Jan 14, 2016

Keywords: Biomass; Biorefinery; Cellulose; Chitin; Heterogeneous catalysis

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