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Review of physicochemical properties and analytical characterization of lignocellulosic biomass

Review of physicochemical properties and analytical characterization of lignocellulosic biomass
Review of physicochemical properties and analytical characterization of lignocellulosic biomass

Lignocellulosic biomass is the most abundant and renewable material in the world for the production of biofuels. Using lignocellulosic biomass derived biofuels could reduce reliance on fossil fuels and contribute to climate change mitigation. A profound understanding of the physicochemical properties of lignocellulosic biomass and the analytical characterization methods for those properties is essential for the design and operation of associated biomass conversion processing facilities. The present article aims to present a comprehensive review of physicochemical properties of lignocellulosic biomass, including particle size, grindability, density, flowability, moisture sorption, thermal properties, proximate analysis properties, elemental composition, energy content and chemical composition. The corresponding characterization techniques for these properties and their recent development are also presented. This review is intended to provide the readers systematic knowledge in the physicochemical properties of lignocellulosic biomass and characterization techniques for the conversion of biomass and the application of biofuels.

Analytical characterization, Biofuel, Biomass conversion, Lignocellulosic biomass, Physicochemical properties
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Cai, Junmeng, He, Yifeng, Yu, Xi, Banks, Scott W., Yang, Yang, Zhang, Xingguang, Yu, Yang, Liu, Ronghou and Bridgwater, Anthony V. (2017) Review of physicochemical properties and analytical characterization of lignocellulosic biomass. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 76, 309-322. (doi:10.1016/j.rser.2017.03.072).

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Abstract

Lignocellulosic biomass is the most abundant and renewable material in the world for the production of biofuels. Using lignocellulosic biomass derived biofuels could reduce reliance on fossil fuels and contribute to climate change mitigation. A profound understanding of the physicochemical properties of lignocellulosic biomass and the analytical characterization methods for those properties is essential for the design and operation of associated biomass conversion processing facilities. The present article aims to present a comprehensive review of physicochemical properties of lignocellulosic biomass, including particle size, grindability, density, flowability, moisture sorption, thermal properties, proximate analysis properties, elemental composition, energy content and chemical composition. The corresponding characterization techniques for these properties and their recent development are also presented. This review is intended to provide the readers systematic knowledge in the physicochemical properties of lignocellulosic biomass and characterization techniques for the conversion of biomass and the application of biofuels.

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Accepted/In Press date: 13 March 2017
e-pub ahead of print date: 18 March 2017
Published date: 18 March 2017
Additional Information: Funding Information: Financial support from the International Research Staff Exchange Scheme (IRSES) ECOFUEL Program (FP7-PEOPLE-2009-IRSES Grant 246772) is greatly acknowledged. Ronghou Liu appreciated the financial support from National Natural Science Foundation of China through Grant No. 51376121. Xi Yu and Anthony V. Bridgwater gratefully acknowledge the research grant from EPSRC (EP/M01343X/1). The authors appreciate Mr. Wenfei Cai and Mr. Yuanfei Mei, Ph.D. candidates from Shanghai Jiao Tong University for their help in some figures.
Keywords: Analytical characterization, Biofuel, Biomass conversion, Lignocellulosic biomass, Physicochemical properties

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Local EPrints ID: 481580
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/481580
ISSN: 1364-0321
PURE UUID: fef608b0-14d0-4432-95e7-861409db8b5a

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Author: Junmeng Cai
Author: Yifeng He
Author: Xi Yu ORCID iD
Author: Scott W. Banks
Author: Yang Yang
Author: Xingguang Zhang
Author: Yang Yu
Author: Ronghou Liu
Author: Anthony V. Bridgwater

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