Integrated Catalytic Upgrading of Biomass-Derived Alcohols for Advanced Biofuel Production

S Shanmugam, A Hari, A Pugazhendhi, T Kikas - Energies, 2023 - mdpi.com
Sustainable biofuel production is necessary to meet the daunting challenge of “fueling”
growing economies with a significantly reduced carbon footprint. Although its higher oxygen …

Review of alternative technologies for acetone-butanol-ethanol separation: Principles, state-of-the-art, and development trends

D Cai, J Wen, Y Zhuang, T Huang, Z Si, P Qin… - Separation and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract n-Butanol is an advanced next-generation drop-in biofuel, which can be produced
by anaerobic acetone-butanol-ethanol (ABE) fermentation using biomass derived …

Eco-efficient butanol separation in the ABE fermentation process

I Patraşcu, CS Bîldea, AA Kiss - Separation and purification technology, 2017 - Elsevier
Butanol is considered a superior biofuel, as it is more energy dense and less hygroscopic
than the more popular ethanol, resulting in higher possible blending ratios with gasoline …

Novel distillation process for effective and stable separation of high-concentration acetone–butanol–ethanol mixture from fermentation–pervaporation integration …

H Chen, D Cai, C Chen, J Wang, P Qin, T Tan - Biotechnology for biofuels, 2018 - Springer
Background One of the major obstacles of acetone–butanol–ethanol (ABE) fermentation
from renewable biomass resources is the energy-intensive separation process. To decrease …

[HTML][HTML] Pervaporative separation and intensification of downstream recovery of acetone-butanol-ethanol (ABE)

S Van Wyk, AGJ Van der Ham, SRA Kersten - Chemical Engineering and …, 2018 - Elsevier
The feasibility of pervaporative concentration of organic compounds from an ABE mixture to
reduce the energy consumption of a downstream recovery unit was investigated. Firstly, an …

Towards the effective distillation sequences for the purification of acetone-butanol-ethanol from the condensate of gas stripping-vapor permeation system

P Zhao, X Lin, H Chen, Z Chang, M Yang, C Su… - Journal of the Taiwan …, 2023 - Elsevier
Gas stripping-vapor permeation (GSVP) is an attractive method for in situ acetone-butanol-
ethanol (ABE) separation from fermentation broth to obtain renewable biological n-butanol …

Exploring the synergy of nanomaterials and microbial cell factories during biohydrogen and biobutanol production from different carbon sources

O Emmanuel, TC Ezeji - Sustainable Chemistry for the Environment, 2024 - Elsevier
The escalating environmental concerns and burgeoning energy crises, coupled with the
desire to achieve net-zero carbon emissions by 2050 to avert potential climate change …

Synergies in renewable fuels and exhaust heat thermochemical recovery in low carbon vehicles

M Mardani, A Tsolakis, H Nozari, JM Herreros, A Wahbi… - Applied Energy, 2021 - Elsevier
The impact of renewable fuels on exhaust energy recovery using catalytic thermochemical
process in modern gasoline direct injection is studied with main aim of reducing vehicle …

Cyclopentanone as an alternative linking reactant for heterogeneously catalyzed furfural aldol condensation

J Cueto, L Faba, E Díaz, S Ordóñez - ChemCatChem, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
The use of cyclopentanone, instead of acetone, in the synthesis of diesel precursors by
furfural aldol condensation is proposed. This reaction is catalyzed by a magnesium …

Negative impact of butyric acid on butanol recovery by pervaporation with a silicalite-1 membrane from ABE fermentation

J Hietaharju, J Kangas, M Yang, S Kuittinen… - Separation and …, 2020 - Elsevier
In this study, the utilization of silicalite–1 membrane pervaporation for butanol recovery from
an acetone-butanol-ethanol (ABE) fermentation broth solution was investigated. In …