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Biological and Non-Biological Methods for Lignocellulosic Biomass Deconstruction
Owing to their abundance and cost-effectiveness, lignocellulosic materials have
attracted increasing attention in clean energy technologies over the last decade.
However, the complex polymer structure in these residues makes it difficult to extract
the fermentable sugars. Therefore, various pretreatment regimes have been used
resulting in the breaking of lignocelluloses’ physical and chemical structures, thereby
enhancing the availability of the polysaccharides which are subsequently hydrolysed
into different biocommodities. This chapter provides an evaluation of some of the latest
exploited methodologies that are used in the pretreatment of lignocellulosic materials.
Moreover, the chapter discusses the advantages and disadvantages of each method