Production of γ-valerolactone from lignocellulosic biomass for sustainable fuels and chemicals supply》.pdf

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 40 (2014) 608–620 Contents lists available at ScienceDirect Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews journal homepage: /locate/rser Production of γ-valerolactone from lignocellulosic biomass for sustainable fuels and chemicals supply Xing Tang a, Xianhai Zeng a, Zheng Li a, Lei Hu b, Yong Sun a,n, Shijie Liu c, Tingzhou Lei d, Lu Lin a,n a College of Energy, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, China b Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Biomass-based Energy and Enzyme Technology, Huaiyin Normal University, Huaian 223300, China c College of Environmental Science and Forestry, State University of New York, 1 Forestry Drive, Syracuse, NY 13210, USA d Henan Academy of Sciences, Zhengzhou, China a r t i c l e i n f o a b s t r a c t Article history: Recently, valorization of lignocellulosic biomass, the most abundantly available biomass raw material on Received 20 April 2014 the Earth, to biofuels and chemicals has attracted great attention worldwide for the purpose of reducing Received in revised form our overwhelming reliance on the non-renewable petroleum resources. γ-Valerolactone (GVL) has 20 July 2014 recently been hailed as a versatile building block which can be derived from renewable lignocellulosic Accepted 30 July 2014 biomass resource for energy, chemical and material sectors. In this review, focus was principally put on Available online 23 August 2014