Biomass Characterization of Buddleja davidii: A Potential Feedstock for Biofuel Production
Journal article, 2009
A compositional analysis was performed on Buddleja davidii to determine its general biomass characteristics and provide detailed analysis of the chemical structures of its cellulose and lignin using NMR. B. davidii is a new potential lignocellulosic bioresource for producing bioethanol because it has several attractive agroenergy features. The biomass composition of B. davidii is 30% lignin, 35% cellulose, and 34% hemicellulose. Solid-state CP/MAS C-13 NMR showed that 33% of the cellulose is para-crystalline and 41% is at inaccessible surfaces. Both quantitative C-13 and P-31 NMR were used to examine the structure of lignin. The lignin was determined to be guaiacyl and syringyl with an h:g:s ratio of 0:81:19.
hemicelluloses
milled wood lignin
lignin
chemistry
NMR
cellulose
GPC
cellulose i
lignocellulosic
materials
pulps
nuclear-magnetic-resonance
Buddleja davidii
pretreatment
spectroscopy
hemicellulose
biomass characterization
Author
B. B. Hallac
Institute of Paper Science and Technology
P. Sannigrahi
Institute of Paper Science and Technology
Y. Pu
Institute of Paper Science and Technology
M. Ray
Imperial College London
R. J. Murphy
Imperial College London
Art Ragauskas
Chalmers, Chemical and Biological Engineering, Forest Products and Chemical Engineering
Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry
0021-8561 (ISSN) 1520-5118 (eISSN)
Vol. 57 4 1275-1281Subject Categories (SSIF 2011)
Chemical Process Engineering
DOI
10.1021/jf8030277