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Table 2 Overview of pretreatment methods for lignocellulosic biomass

From: Material utilization of green waste: a review on potential valorization methods

 

Size reduction

Fractionation

Reduction of cellulose

crystallinity

Dissolution of lignin

Dissolution/hydrolysis of hemicellulose

Dissolution/hydrolysis

of cellulose

Delignification

Removal of aromatic

compounds

References

Physical

 Milling, etc.

 + 

 + 

      

Holtzapple et al. (1991), Licari et al. (2016)

 Irradiation

  

 + 

     

Jusri et al. (2018)

Chemical

 Acidic pretreatment

   

 + 

 + 

 + 

  

Kucharska et al. (2018),

 Alkaline pretreatment

  

 + 

     

Rabemanolontsoa and Saka (2016), Xu et al. (2010)

 Organic solvents

    

 + 

 + 

 + 

 

Kucharska et al. (2018), Schmetz et al. (2019)

 Ionic liquids, DES

     

 + 

 + 

 

Remsing et al. (2006), Yu et al. (2019)

 Oxidation processes

   

 + 

 + 

 + 

  

Hendriks and Zeeman (2009), M'Arimi et al. (2020)

Physicochemical

 Liquid Hot Water

    

 + 

   

Kumar et al. (2009), Yu et al. (2016)

 Steam explosion

 

 + 

 

 + 

 + 

 + 

  

Kim (2018)

 Supercritical water

 

 + 

      

Akalın et al. (2017), Peterson et al. (2008)

 AFEX

  

 + 

     

Holtzapple et al. (1991), Mes-Hartree et al. (1988)

 ARP

    

 + 

 

 + 

 

Mes-Hartree et al. (1988), Yoon et al. (1991)

 Ultrasound

   

 + 

 + 

 + 

  

Bussemaker et al. (2013)

Biological

 Wood-rot fungi

      

 + 

 + 

Akin et al. (1995), Dionisi et al. (2015), Kerem et al. (1992), Sun and Cheng, (2002)

 Enzymes

    

 + 

 + 

 + 

 + 

Bayer et al. (2004), Gutiérrez et al. (2012), Prawitwong et al. (2013), Rabemanolontsoa and Saka (2016)