Biomass Group, Nanjing Agricultural University, PO Box 68, 40 Dianjiangtai Road, Nanjing 210031

  Development of bio-refineries has recently attracted increasing attention as a means to provide sustainable alternative solutions to deplete environmental pollution and energy crisis. As more and more Jatropha seeds are used to extract crude oil for biodiesel, a large amount of hulls is generated. How to make full use of these hulls is important for Jatropha biodiesel industry. As Jatrophahulls are rich in carbohydrate (cellulose: 43%; hemicellulose: 15%), further studies are necessary to utilize these polysaccharides to produce sugars for value-added products, such as ethanol, acetic acid, 2,3-butanediol. 2,3-Butanediol is one of the important bio-based chemicals and liquid fuels that exhibits a wide range of potential utilizations in the manufacture of printing inks, perfumes, fumigants, moistening, plasticizers, foods and pharmaceuticals. （更多…）

  In the saccharification of lignocellulosic materials, enzymatic hydrolysis is regarded as a green approach operating under mild reaction conditions with subsequent higher glucose yields. However, the hydrolysis rate can be declined by the presence of lignin, which acts as a physical barrier shielding cellulose from enzymatic attack. Lignin can also cause losses of enzymes (cellulases and β-glucosidases) through their binding to lignin, and deactivation of enzyme activities can occur from products arising from lignin degradation. In order to access the cellulose and reduce lignin before hydrolysis, some pretreatment methods can be developed by using white-rot fungi. （更多…）

  近日，我园杨成源副研究员和方真研究员撰写的综述论文Review and Prospects of Jatropha Biodiesel Industry in China被国际能源类著名刊物Renewable & Sustainable Energy Reviews接收发表。这是我园第一次特邀在该刊物上发表生物能源的研究综述论文。 （更多…）