Masatsugu Takada

TL;DR: In this article, the authors reviewed the impact of steam explosion pretreatment on the bioenergy conversion processes and product properties, including densification, hydrolysis, fermentation, pyrolysis and gasification, by improving biomass properties such as durability, heating value and cellulose accessibility.

TL;DR: It was apparent that differences in the accessibility of the lignin present in Douglas‐fir and corn stover to steam significantly impacted lign in fluidization, relocation, and subsequent cellulose hydrolysis.

TL;DR: Recent work has shown that, using a modified chemithermomechanical pulping "front end", lignin can be modified and relocated and significantly enhanced hemicellulose recovery and enzyme-mediated cellulose hydrolysis of woody biomass.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors show that softwood mechanical pulps have proven quite recalcitrant to enzymatic hydrolysis and that residual fibers might have potential as nanofibrillated cellulose feedstocks.

TL;DR: To assess the impact of alkalinity on sulfonation and the enzyme-mediated hydrolysis of softwood cellulose, Lodgepole pine chips were impregnated with 8% sodium sulfite and increasing loadings of sodium carbonate before thermomechanical pulping and TEM indicated that sulf onation predominantly occurred within the secondary-cell-wall lignin, increasing cellulose accessibility to the cellulase enzymes.