Pure industrial chemicals by gasifying lignocellulosic biomass
Wednesday, May 13, 2015 - 08:30
in Physics & Chemistry
VTT has demonstrated that lignocellulosic biomass can be successfully converted into pure BTX chemicals: benzene, toluene and xylene. The aim of this research is to enable the use of wood-based chemicals to replace crude oil in, for example, plastics, fuels, medicine and paints.