Review: Sustainable production of hydroxymethylfurfural and levulinic acid: Challenges and opportunities

Biomass and Bioenergy

Volumn 72, Issue , 2015, Pages 143-183

  Mukherjee, Agneev ^a   Dumont, Marie Josée ^a   Raghavan, Vijaya ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biorefinery; Hydroxymethylfurfural; Levulinic acid; Microwave heating; Synthetic pathways

Indexed keywords

CHEMICALS; MICROWAVE HEATING; MICROWAVE IRRADIATION; ORGANIC ACIDS;

BIOREFINERIES; ENVIRONMENT FRIENDLY; ENVIRONMENTAL FOOTPRINTS; HYDROXYMETHYLFURFURAL; LEVULINIC ACID; SUSTAINABLE PRODUCTION; SYNTHETIC PATHWAYS; VARIOUS SUBSTRATES;

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

BIOMASS; COMMERCIALIZATION; ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINT; MICROWAVE RADIATION; NICHE; ORGANIC COMPOUND; SUSTAINABILITY;

EID: 84921447246     PISSN: 09619534     EISSN: 1873-2909     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biombioe.2014.11.007     Document Type: Review

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