TY - JOUR
TI - Mechanochemical production of lignin-containing powder fuels from biotechnical industry waste: A review
AU - Lomovsky Oleg
AU - Bychkov Aleksey
AU - Lomovsky Igor
AU - Logvinenko Vladimir
AU - Burdukov Anatoliy P
JN - Thermal Science
PY - 2015
VL - 19
IS - 1
SP - 219
EP - 229
PT - Article
AB - In biotechnological processing of plant raw materials, carbohydrates that are  soluble and accessible for microorganisms are the only usable components. The  lignin-rich part of the plant raw materials usually ends up in the waste.  Lignin transferred into water suspensions cannot be used efficiently as a  fuel. In this review, a new processing scheme of plant raw materials is  presented, which includes mechanochemical treatment of the plant raw  materials and separation of the powder product into particles of lignified  and non-lignified tissues rich in lignin and cellulose, respectively. The  cellulose-rich powders can then be used in biotechnological processes.  Lignin-rich powder aerodynamically separated using cyclone-type apparatus can  be used as a powder fuel to satisfy the needs of the main biotechnological  plant in heat and steam.