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BIOMASS GROUP, NANJING AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY, 南京农业大学生物能源研究组 email: zhfa2020(AT)hotmail.com

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Complete recovery of cellulose from rice straw pretreated with EG-AlCl3 for e...
2019-03-19 Ethylene glycol (EG) and AlCl3 pretreated rice straw at 150 degrees C with 0.055 mol/L AlCl3 for 0.5 h, resulting in 100% cellulose recovery with 88% lignin and 90% hemicellulose removal for a remarkable glucose yield of 94% after 24 h enzymatic hydrolysis. (在150 摄氏度和0.055 mol/L AlCl3条件下，水稻秸秆经乙二醇-水预处理0.5 h后，保留100%的纤维素，并去除88%的木质素和90%的半纤...

A paper was published in Nature Communications
2019-02-17 N-formyl-stabilizing quasi-catalytic species afford rapid and selective solvent-free amination of biomass-derived feedstocks.Recently, Dr. H Li and Prof. Zhen Fang, collaborated with Profs. M Watanabe & RL Smith Jr (Tohoku University, Japan) and Prof. EJM Hensen (Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands), published a paper in Nature Communications about amination of biomass-derived...

A paper was published in Renewable & Sustainable Energy Reviews
2019-01-28Levoglucosan and Its Hydrolysates via Fast Pyrolysis of Lignocellulose for Microbial Biofuels.Recently, Dr. LQ Jiang (Guangzhou Institute of Energy Conversion, CAS) and Prof Zhen Fang, collaborated with Prof ZL Zhao (Guangzhou Institute of Energy Conversion), published a review paper in Renewable & Sustainable Energy Reviews about Fast Pyrolysis for Microbial Biofuels. Fast pyrolysis, which is...

Prof. Fang was appointed as the Member of the National Teaching Steering Comm...
2019-01-24Prof. Fang was appointed as the Member of the National Teaching Steering Committee In Oct. 2018, Prof. Fang was appointed as the Member of the National Teaching Steering Committee for Agricultural Engineering of Higher Learning in Colleges and Universities, Ministry of Education of China (2018-2022), aiming to guide and set rules for undergraduate education. Teaching example:Biomass and Bioen...

Prof. Fang attended three International meetings and gave invited talks in ...
2019-01-24Prof. Fang attended 3 Int’l meetings and gave invited talks in 2018 In 2018, Prof. Fang gave three invited talks in Int'l meetings: 1) Zhen Fang*, Hydrolysis of Lignocellulose for Biofuels and Chemicals, i-BioN 2018, The Symposium on Biorefinery and Bioprocess Topics - Innovative Bio-production of Fuels and Chemicals, 1st Synthetic Biology World Forum, 10-13th Nov., 2018, Nanjing, Chin...

Professor Richard L. Smith Jr. from Tohoku University visited our lab
2018-12-31Professor Richard L. Smith Jr. from Tohoku University visited our labIn the morning of November 27th, 2018, Professor Richard L. Smith Jr. and assistant Professor Haixin Guo from the Supercritical Fluid Center of the Department of Chemical Engineering, Tohoku University (Japan), visited our group. Professor Smith is the editor for Asia-Pacific region of the Journal of Supercritical Fluids (JSF,...

Springer book “Production of Materials from Sustainable Biomass Resources”
2018-11-17Springer book “Production of Materials from Sustainable Biomass Resources” Recently, Springer has published (in press) a book entitled “Production of Materials from Sustainable Biomass Resources” edited by Profs. Zhen Fang, RL Smith Jr. and Dr. XF Tian, Springer, Hardcover ISBN978-981-13-3767-3, 500 pages, 2019 (https://www.springer.com/cn/book/9789811337673) .Lignocellulosic biomass consis...

Supercritical water gasification (SCWG) of waste cooking oil
2018-10-30Supercritical water gasification (SCWG) of waste cooking oil Recently, Prof. JA Kozinski group at Waterloo collaborated with Profs. AK Dalai at U Saskatchewan and Zhen FANG studied SCWG of waste cooking oil.In the work, Dr. S Nanda (U Western Ontario) et al. studied waste cooking oil gasification at variable temperatures (375-675°C), feed concentration (25-40 wt%) and reaction time (1...

Esterification of oleic acid to biodiesel catalyzed by a highly acidic carbon...
2018-09-17Esterification of oleic acid to biodiesel catalyzed by a highly acidic carbonaceous catalystCarbonaceous acid catalyst with high acid content was synthesized by metal (Zr) ion chelation and sulfonation of sodium carboxymethylcellulose. It catalyzed the esterification of oleic acid, with biodiesel yield > 99% at 40-90oC (activation energy of 24.7 KJ/mol). (在低温下通过两步法合成的碳基固体酸Zr-SO...

Catalytic conversion of 5-hydroxymethylfurfural to some value-added derivativ...
2018-07-14Catalytic conversion of 5-hydroxymethylfurfuralto some value-added derivativesRecently, Dr. X. Kong and Prof Zhen Fang, collaborated with Profs. IS Butler (McGill, Montreal) and JA Kozinski (New Model Institute – Hereford University, UK), published a critical review paper in Green Chemistry about 5-hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF) for biofuels and chemicals. HMF is a platform chemical derived from ...

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