Abstract: A sustainable energy development system that is based on renewable biomass feedstock, an effort on the global scale is now yielding good result. The pilot, demonstration and commercialization of flagship projects on cellulosic biofuel production are on in almost every continent of the world. Despite the technical barriers on the road to the conversion of lignocellulosic biomass, the cellulose bioethanol which was once regarded as the fuel of the future has been moved from promise to reality. Advancement of new and promising technologies to utilize cellulosic resource either through the thermochemical processes that uses heat, pressure and catalysts to produce fuel or through biological processes that uses micro organism to reduce cellulosic material to sugar and then ferment to the desired biofuel product. Now with large investment placements by both governments and the private sectors backed up by sound national energy policies, commercialization and large scale capacity utilization are gradually becoming a realized objective. Bioenergy is now renewable and sustainable without the negative impact on food security. This paper will attempt to review recent updates on lignocellulosic biomass derived biofuels commercialization including the key technical barriers to the commercialization process. This review also presents a survey of some selected commercialized lignocellulosic plants with respect to plant location, statues, technology type, feedstock, products, pretreatment methods etc.
Keywords: Biomass; Biorefinery; Conversion Technologies; Fossil fuel, Pretreatment; Green House Gasses.
Title: BIOPRODUCTS ROUTE TO SUSTAINABLE ENERGY – THE JOURNEY SO FAR
Author: Okoh Elechi, Oruabena Bernard
International Journal of Engineering Research and Reviews
ISSN 2348-697X (Online)
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