Author(s)

Edgar Gutiérrez Infante^1*, Argimiro Resende Secchi², Luis Fernando Leite³, Adelaide Maria de Souza Antunes^3,4

¹Programa de Doutorado em Engenharia de Processos Químicos e Bioquímicos, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
²Instituto Alberto Luiz Coimbra de Pós-Graduação e Pesquisa de Engenharia, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
³Escola de Química, Centro de Tecnologia, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
⁴Instituto Nacional da Propriedade Industrial INPI, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

This document was conducted to identify trends in research activity (published articles) and technology (patent applications) on the production of biodiesel from lignocellulosic biomass. The Web of Science, Compendex, and Scopus databases were used to retrieve articles and Derwent Innovation was used to search for patent applications; 300 articles and 169 patent applications were retrieved. The most common research goals (microbial lipid production, acid pretreatment, and pyrolysis) were identified from an analysis of the author’s keywords. The countries most involved in research are China (96 articles), United States (68), and India (19). The top countries in international partnerships research were United States (22), China (16), and Germany (11). Bioresource Technology (54), Biotechnology for Biofuels (18), and Green Chemistry (13) are the journals with the most published articles. United States (84) is the leader on patent applications, followed by China (15) and Japan (5).

Biodiesel, Lignocellulosic Biomass, Research Articles, Patent Applications

Infante, E. , Secchi, A. , Leite, L. and Souza Antunes, A. (2021) Scientific Articles and Patent Applications on Biodiesel Production from Lignocellulosic Biomass. Journal of Environmental Protection, 12, 371-390. doi: 10.4236/jep.2021.126023.