RESEARCH ARTICLE
Miscanthus x giganteus as a Source Of Biobased Products Through Organosolv Fractionation: A Mini Review
Juan José Villaverde1, 2, Pablo Ligero1, Alberto de Vega1, *
Article Information
Identifiers and Pagination:
Year: 2010Volume: 4
First Page: 102
Last Page: 110
Publisher ID: TOASJ-4-102
DOI: 10.2174/1874331501004010102
Article History:
Received Date: 30/10/2009Revision Received Date: 07/1/2010
Acceptance Date: 07/1/2010
Electronic publication date: 31/12/2010
Collection year: 2010
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Abstract
This paper deals with the chemical treatments with selected organic compounds that have been applied to Miscanthus to upgrade it, for pulp production or fractionation purposes. Organosolv processes have demonstrated their effectiveness as fractionation treatments; therefore special emphasis is placed on these systems and, in particular, those making use of carboxylic acids. That is, Acetosolv process that uses acetic acid-water-hydrochloric acid mixtures as delignifying agents, the process with formic acid-water-hydrochloric acid and the Milox process, which replaces the hydrochloric acid in the medium by hydrogen peroxide, thus forming peroxyacetic acid. Furthermore, we present the results of the characterizations that have been made in relation to extractives and lignin of Miscanthus. It also is analyzed the major changes undergone by lignin during organosolv treatments. Finally, some progresses in the field of TCF bleaching of the cellulose pulps obtained are summarized.