Sugar feedstocks

The process is conducted at low temperatures, minimizing undesirable decomposition reactions of sugar feedstock. 

Ethanol from Sugar Feedstock Ethanol from Sugarcane... 

Bioethanol is preferentially made from cellulosic biomass materials instead of from more expensive traditional feedstock such as starch crops. Obtaining it from sugar-feedstock is even... 

HMF synthesis has classically involved either water or polar aprotic organic solvents such as DMSO as the reaction medium, since the sugar feedstocks are soluble in these media. Of all the technical issues that have confronted the industrialization of HMF production, first and foremost has been the high solubility of HMF in these solvents, which complicates product isolation. This problem has been mitigated to some extent by the recent development of biphasic reaction systems that involve continuous extraction of HMF into lower boiling solvents [5]. Salting out strategies can also increase the efficiency of this approach. 

Due to abundantly available feedstock and low cost, poly lactic acid (PLA) is one of the most promising bio-based polymers. PLA is obtained by the controlled polymerization of lactic acid monomers which in turn are obtained from renewable resources such as sugar feedstock, wheat, maize, com, and waste products from food or agriculture industry by fermentation (Siracusa et al., 2008). Properties of PLA vary according to the Z - to - D lactylenantiomeric ratio. Table 8 lists some important properties of PLA. 

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