Biocatalytic conversions, Centrifugation, Chemical conversions, Chemical or enzymatic pre-treatment, Chromatography, Crystallisation and precipitation, Distillation, Drying, Evaporation, Extraction, Gas fermentation, Hydrolysis, Hydrothermal processing, Industrial fermentation, Mechanical grinding, Membrane filtering, Organosolv pulping, Particle classification / sieving, Particle filtering, Thermal or pressure pretreatment