TY - CHAP AU - Dekui Shen AU - Rui Xiao AU - Sai Gu AU - Huiyan Zhang ED - Theo van de Ven ED - John Kadla Y1 - 2013-08-29 PY - 2013 T1 - The Overview of Thermal Decomposition of Cellulose in Lignocellulosic Biomass N2 - Cellulose is only one of the components of biomass, although being the most abundant. To make useful chemicals or materials from cellulose requires as the first step the separation of cellulose from biomass. Various issues of cellulose extraction and its conversion are discussed in the chapters of this book on cellulose, the third and last one of a series of books on cellulose. This conversion of cellulose is an integral part of the biorefinery concept, an effort to derive optimum value from all biomass components, and as such compulsory reading for students and researchers in this area. BT - Cellulose SP - Ch. 9 UR - https://doi.org/10.5772/51883 DO - 10.5772/51883 SN - PB - IntechOpen CY - Rijeka Y2 - 2024-04-25 ER -