The market potential of linseed might be additionally supported
by the use of shives, application of which used to be limited to
sealing and thermally insulating homes.
The prospective approach might be the conversion of shives’
lignocellulose polymers into bio-products. Lignocellulose biomass
derived from shives is a promising renewable resource for the production
of bio-based materials, including transportation fuels. The
majority of energy stored in biomass is contained within the polymers
of the cell wall. The cell wall is also the major component of
dried biomass by weight. It constitutes approximately 70–90% of
seasoning or drying straw biomass (Allison et al., 2010; Hodgson
et al., 2010