Cellulose based biochemicals and their applications

Abstract

The basic objective of this Bachelor’s thesis was to make a research on the application of cellulose and its derivatives in the field other than paper. Since the beginning cellulose has been used widely as a main source of paper, today there is the requirement to find out its alternative applications. This thesis work shows its possible applications on other fields. Mainly, the task was more concerned on production of bioethanol from forest biomass, nanocellulose, its different applications, cellulose based biochemicals and their applications.

Mainly two variants were chosen to accomplish this thesis work. Discussion about the topic with the teacher and collection of the materials throughout the resource areas were opted. It includes the study of those materials, good arrangement of the sources and in optimization.

The cellulose and its derivatives such as methyl cellulose, ethyl cellulose and many more have been included here and their different properties with various utilities. The method used for this work was using the different books and the sources from the internet. The production of ethanol from the forest biomass has been more focused. Nanocellulose, their derivatives were researched, categorized and sorted.