Novel stationary basket reactor for effective biomass delignification with deep eutectic solvent.

Biomass pretreatment and conversion are crucial for sustainable development, but lack information on equipment that ensures effective mass transfer and easy biomass separation post-process. This work introduces a novel basket reactor with a stationary bed (StatBioChem) for biomass processing using deep eutectic solvents (DESs). We compared the delignification efficiencies of soft and hard biomass samples processed in the StatBioChem reactor, a stirred tank reactor (STR), and a commercial SpinChem® reactor.

The Most Potent Natural Pharmaceuticals, Cosmetics, and Food Ingredients Isolated from Plants with Deep Eutectic Solvents.

There is growing interest in reducing the number of synthetic products or additives and replacing them with natural ones. The pharmaceutical, cosmetic, and food industries are especially focused on natural and bioactive chemicals isolated from plants or microorganisms. The main challenge here is to develop efficient and ecological methods for their isolation.