Biomass Characterization of Buddleja davidii: A Potential Feedstock for Biofuel Production
Journal article, 2009

A compositional analysis was performed on Buddleja davidii to determine its general biomass characteristics and provide detailed analysis of the chemical structures of its cellulose and lignin using NMR. B. davidii is a new potential lignocellulosic bioresource for producing bioethanol because it has several attractive agroenergy features. The biomass composition of B. davidii is 30% lignin, 35% cellulose, and 34% hemicellulose. Solid-state CP/MAS C-13 NMR showed that 33% of the cellulose is para-crystalline and 41% is at inaccessible surfaces. Both quantitative C-13 and P-31 NMR were used to examine the structure of lignin. The lignin was determined to be guaiacyl and syringyl with an h:g:s ratio of 0:81:19.

materials

cellulose

chemistry

hemicelluloses

pretreatment

NMR

pulps

Buddleja davidii

nuclear-magnetic-resonance

biomass characterization

lignin

spectroscopy

lignocellulosic

milled wood lignin

GPC

hemicellulose

cellulose i

Author

B. B. Hallac

Institute of Paper Science and Technology

P. Sannigrahi

Institute of Paper Science and Technology

Y. Pu

Institute of Paper Science and Technology

M. Ray

Imperial College London

R. J. Murphy

Imperial College London

Art Ragauskas

Chalmers, Chemical and Biological Engineering, Forest Products and Chemical Engineering

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

0021-8561 (ISSN) 1520-5118 (eISSN)

Vol. 57 4 1275-1281

Subject Categories

Chemical Process Engineering

DOI

10.1021/jf8030277

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