Feasibility of Implementing Biorefinery at Pulp and Paper Mills

Biorefinery is a new pathway to resolve petrochemical resources shortage, while pulp and paper mills offer the best platform for the commercialization and industrialization of biorefineries. The feasibility and problems of using waste biomass such as hemicelluloses, lignin, turpentine oil, tall oil, etc. in pulp and paper mills, as biorefinery feedstocks are reviewed and the future research trends are also discussed in this paper.