Lignocellulosic biomass accessible products from

Figure 4.3 illustrates different possible conversion routes for the production of ethylene from biomass. One way to produce ethylene from renewable feedstock is catalytic dehydration of bioethanol. In the short term, it is likely that bioethanol dehydration for the production of ethylene will be established in regions with cheap access to bioethanol, for example, Brazil, where ethanol usage is on the same level as usage of fossil-based fuels (on an energy basis) in the transportation sector. In Europe and the United States, this trend is expected to occur after the commercial introduction of lignocellulosic ethanol (Jones et al., 2010). 

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