RT journal article
T1 Improvement of Anaerobic Digestion of Lignocellulosic Biomass by Hydrothermal Pretreatment
A1 Ahmed, Banafsha
A1 Aboudi, Kaoutar
A1 Tyagi, Vinay Kumar
A1 Álvarez Gallego, Carlos José
A1 Fernández Güelfo, Luis Alberto
A1 Romero García, Luis Isidoro
A2 Ingeniería Química y Tecnología de Alimentos
A2 Tecnologías del Medio Ambiente
K1 lignocellulosic biomass
K1 anaerobic digestion
K1 hydro-thermal pretreatment
K1 biofuels
AB Lignocellulosic biomass, comprising of cellulose, hemicellulose, and lignin, is a difficultto-degrade substrate when subjected to anaerobic digestion. Hydrothermal pretreatment of lignocellulosicbiomass could enhance the process performance by increasing the generation of methane, hydrogen,and bioethanol. The recalcitrants (furfurals, and 5-HMF) could be formed at high temperatures duringhydrothermal pretreatment of lignocellulosic biomass, which may hinder the process performance.However, the detoxification process involving the use of genetically engineered microbes may bea promising option to reduce the toxic effects of inhibitors. The key challenge lies in the scaleup ofthe hydrothermal process, mainly due to necessity of upholding high temperature in sizeable reactors,which may demand high capital and operational costs. Thus, more efforts should be towards thetechno-economic feasibility of hydrothermal pre-treatment at full scale.
PB MDPI
SN 2076-3417
YR 2019
FD 2019-09
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10498/21848
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10498/21848
LA eng
DS Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Cádiz
RD 12-nov-2026