Acid pretreatment of lignocellulosic biomass for energy vectors production: a review focused on operational conditions and techno-economic assessment for …

JC Solarte-Toro, JM Romero-García… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2019 - Elsevier
The acid pretreatment process is the most employed technique used to disrupt the
lignocellulosic matrix. Thus, this paper provides an overview of the acid pretreatment …

Bioeconomy and biofuels: the case of sugarcane ethanol in Brazil

SG Karp, JDC Medina, LAJ Letti… - Biofuels, Bioproducts …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Brazilian bioethanol is one of the most prominent biofuels produced on a large scale,
representing 30% of the global fuel ethanol production share. Around 8.6 billion gallons …

Integrating first, second, and third generation biorefineries: Incorporating microalgae into the sugarcane biorefinery

J Moncada, JA Tamayo, CA Cardona - Chemical Engineering Science, 2014 - Elsevier
In this study, it was discussed the possibilities of integrating biorefineries based on different
generations of feedstock. The potential of using CO 2-rich streams was analyzed for the …

Supercritical fluids as a green technology for the pretreatment of lignocellulosic biomass

LVD Serna, CEO Alzate, CAC Alzate - Bioresource technology, 2016 - Elsevier
One of the main drawbacks for using lignocellulosic biomass is related to its recalcitrance.
The pretreatment of lignocellulosic biomass plays an important role for delignification and …

Techno-economic analysis of bioethanol production from lignocellulosic residues in Colombia: a process simulation approach

JA Quintero, J Moncada, CA Cardona - Bioresource technology, 2013 - Elsevier
In this study a techno-economic analysis of the production of bioethanol from four
lignocellusic (Sugarcane bagasse, Coffee cut-stems, Rice Husk, and Empty Fruit Bunches) …

Emerging techniques in bioethanol production: from distillation to waste valorization

M Gavahian, PES Munekata, I Eş, JM Lorenzo… - Green chemistry, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
Ethanol production from biomass, especially waste biomass, and the use of such ethanol as
fuel can reduce fossil fuel consumption and ameliorate the hidden costs of burning fossil …

Techno-economic analysis for brewer's spent grains use on a biorefinery concept: The Brazilian case

SI Mussatto, J Moncada, IC Roberto, CA Cardona - Bioresource technology, 2013 - Elsevier
A techno-economic analysis for use of brewer's spent grains (BSG) on a biorefinery concept
for the Brazilian case is presented. Four scenarios based on different levels of heat and …

Economic and environmental impact evaluation of various biomass feedstock for bioethanol production and correlations to lignocellulosic composition

J Sadhukhan, E Martinez-Hernandez… - Bioresource Technology …, 2019 - Elsevier
This paper investigates the economic and environmental feasibility of bioethanol production
from Mexican lignocellulosic biomasses including wood and grass species, bagasse and …

Techno-economic and environmental assessment of an olive stone based biorefinery

V Hernández, JM Romero-García, JA Dávila… - Resources …, 2014 - Elsevier
Olive tree cultivation is spreading worldwide as a consequence of beneficial effects of olive
oil consumption. Olive oil production process and table olive industries are the major …

Integrated techno-economic and environmental assessments of sixty scenarios for co-firing biomass with coal and natural gas

E Agbor, AO Oyedun, X Zhang, A Kumar - Applied Energy, 2016 - Elsevier
Displacement of fossil fuel-based power through biomass co-firing could reduce the
greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from fossil fuels. In this study, data-intensive techno …