Biochemical biorefinery: A low-cost and non-waste concept for promoting sustainable circular bioeconomy

VC Igbokwe, FN Ezugworie, CO Onwosi… - Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
The transition from a fossil-based linear economy to a circular bioeconomy is no longer an
option but rather imperative, given worldwide concerns about the depletion of fossil …

Production of butanol from biomass: recent advances and future prospects

BO Abo, M Gao, Y Wang, C Wu, Q Wang… - Environmental Science and …, 2019 - Springer
At present, diminishing oil resources and increasing environmental concerns have led to a
shift toward the production of alternative biofuels. In the last few decades, butanol, as liquid …

Effects of injection timing and EGR on combustion and emissions characteristics of the diesel engine fuelled with acetone–butanol–ethanol/diesel blend fuels

X Duan, Z Xu, X Sun, B Deng, J Liu - Energy, 2021 - Elsevier
The acetone–butanol–ethanol (ABE) is the intermediate product during the bio-butanol
fermentation process, and is widely considered as one of the promising alternative fuels in …

[HTML][HTML] Techno-economic analysis of a microalgae-based biorefinery network for biofuels and value-added products

GM Figueroa-Torres, C Theodoropoulos - Bioresource Technology Reports, 2023 - Elsevier
Biorefineries have the potential to become economically competitive through the exploitation
of all biomass conversion scenarios. This study presents a technoeconomic assessment of a …

Comparison of heterogeneous azeotropic and pressure-swing distillations for separating the diisopropylether/isopropanol/water mixtures

C Guang, X Shi, Z Zhang, C Wang, C Wang… - … Research and Design, 2019 - Elsevier
Isopropanol and diisopropylether are the two important organic solvents in the chemical
industry. The diisopropylether/isopropanol/water mixtures contain multiple homogenous and …

Innovative conversion of food waste into biofuel in integrated waste management system

HS Hafid, FN Omar, NA Abdul Rahman… - Critical Reviews in …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Pursuance of the strong motivation in combating climate change and energy security as well
as the desired shift toward biofuels from food waste as a renewable energy sources offers …

Multi-objective optimization of intensified processes for the purification of levulinic acid involving economic and environmental objectives

H Alcocer-García, JG Segovia-Hernández… - … and Processing-Process …, 2019 - Elsevier
Levulinic acid obtained from acid hydrolysis of lignocellulosic biomass is considered within
the twelve main chemicals from biomass in terms of economic potential due to its large …

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 …

[HTML][HTML] Recent innovations for reviving the ABE fermentation for production of butanol as a drop-in liquid biofuel

H Amiri - Biofuel Research Journal, 2020 - biofueljournal.com
Butanol is a key microbial product that provides a route from renewable carbohydrate
resources to a" drop-in" liquid biofuel, broadening its market in the near future. The …

Eco-efficient downstream processing of biobutanol by enhanced process intensification and integration

I Patraşcu, CS Bîldea, AA Kiss - ACS Sustainable Chemistry & …, 2018 - ACS Publications
The biobutanol stream obtained after the fermentation step in the acetone–butanol–ethanol
process has a low concentration (less than 3 wt% butanol) that leads to high energy usage …