Reaction engineering for process intensification of supercritical water biomass refining

•Technical review information about cellulose, hemicellulose, and lignin hydrolysis in hydrothermal conditions.•Technical review information about biomass hydrothermal fractionation.•Hemicellulose fractionation: 180–220°C/min and cellulose fractionation: 390–400°C/s.•Critical review study about biom...

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Published in:The Journal of supercritical fluids 2015-01, Vol.96, p.21-35
Main Authors: Cantero, Danilo A., Dolores Bermejo, M., José Cocero, M.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Alternative energy sources
Biomass
Biorefining
Decentralized
Decentralized production
Fractionation
Gasification
Hydrolysis
Plants (organisms)
Reaction
Reaction time
Solvents
Supercritical fluids
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Summary:•Technical review information about cellulose, hemicellulose, and lignin hydrolysis in hydrothermal conditions.•Technical review information about biomass hydrothermal fractionation.•Hemicellulose fractionation: 180–220°C/min and cellulose fractionation: 390–400°C/s.•Critical review study about biomass reactions in hydrothermal conditions.•Biomass refining processes in supercritical water: challengers and research needs. Status reports from public and private organizations make a roadmap for achieving a bioeconomy for society. Biobased industries, based on renewable materials and energy, are still in development to supporting a decentralized production that can be an alternative to the well-supported centralized petrochemical production plants. The use of pressurized water has been proposed as an environmentally compatible process to integrate the depolymerization–reaction–separation of the biomass supported processes. Supercritical water is emerging as a solvent and reaction medium capable of providing selective processes while significantly reducing the reaction time, leading to the possibility of developing compact equipment for the use in biomass decentralized production plants. The main ways of biomass upgrading in a hydrothermal medium are reviewed in this work: hydrolysis, fractionation, gasification and reaction. In the last years, a significant progress was achieved in obtaining of added value products from biomass by hydrothermal technologies. However, some challenges must still be overcome before a sustainable and efficient decentralized production is achieved.
ISSN:0896-8446
1872-8162
DOI:10.1016/j.supflu.2014.07.003