A5014609969- Biofuel production and bioconversion
- Bioeconomy and Sustainability Development
- Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction
- Thermochemical Biomass Conversion Processes
- Catalysis for Biomass Conversion
- Food Industry and Aquatic Biology
- Biopolymer Synthesis and Applications
- Dye analysis and toxicity
- Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
- biodegradable polymer synthesis and properties
- Catalysis and Hydrodesulfurization Studies
Aberystwyth University
2018-2024
Institute of Biological, Environmental and Rural Sciences
2018-2024
Xylitol is a low calorie sweetener that can be produced through bioconversion approach from lignocellulosic biomass requires pretreatment prior to the of xylose xylitol. Steam explosion (SE) an industrially scalable (PT) process with potential liberate monomers, however SE-PT has not been optimised for release multiple feedstock. The effect pressure, substrate weight, phosphoric acid loading concentration and residence time on four feedstock (wheat straw (WS), corn stover (CS), Miscanthus...
The first comparative pre-treatment study of Miscanthus (Mxg) and sugarcane bagasse (SCB) using steam explosion (SE) pressurised disc refining (PDR) pretreatment to optimise xylose xylo-oligosaccharide release is described. current investigation aimed 1) Develop optimised batch-wise parameters for Mxg SCB, 2) Scale from static batch dynamic continuous refining, 3) Identify, understand, circumvent scale-up production hurdles. Optimised SE released 82% 100% the available xylan. Scaling PDR,...