The future of biofuels in the United States transportation sector

CH Geissler, J Ryu, CT Maravelias - Renewable and Sustainable Energy …, 2024 - Elsevier
There is a growing need to produce renewable liquid fuels for heavy duty transportation and
aviation, and cellulosic biomass is a promising source for those fuels. However, the many …

Bioethanol to jet fuel: Current status, challenges, and perspectives

S Xie, Z Li, S Luo, W Zhang - Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2024 - Elsevier
Bioethanol fermentation industry is the first largest fermentation industry in the world. The
conversion of bioethanol into liquid transportation fuels, namely gasoline-range, jet-range …

Enhanced bioelectricity generation in thermophilic microbial fuel cell with lignocellulose as an electron donor by resazurin-mediated electron transfer

X Yan, MJ Zhu - Bioresource Technology, 2023 - Elsevier
Microbial fuel cell (MFC) with lignocellulose as an electron donor is considered a
sustainable biorefinery. However, low lignocellulose degradation and energy output restrict …

Multifeedstock and multiproduct process design using neural network surrogate flexibility constraints

Y Luo, M Ierapetritou - Industrial & Engineering Chemistry …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Biorefineries are designed to utilize a combination of various technologies to transform
biomass derived raw materials into different value-added products. This strategy has been …

Advanced diesel from ethanol: a pathway to produce sustainable and high-quality drop-in biofuels

JM Restrepo-Flórez, JE Chavarrio, E Canales… - Sustainable Energy & …, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
In this work, we develop a novel technology for the transformation of ethanol into diesel via
Guerbet coupling and etherification. Our strategy overcomes the limitations of previous …

Ethanol to diesel: a sustainable alternative for the heavy-duty transportation sector

JM Restrepo-Flórez, P Cuello-Penaloza… - Sustainable Energy & …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
The combustion of middle distillates (diesel and jet fuel) is responsible for the emission of
more than 2 GTon of CO2 per year worldwide. While sustainable alternatives exist for …

High yield co-production of isobutanol and ethanol from switchgrass: experiments, and process synthesis and analysis

AEP de Lima, RL Wrobel, B Paul, LC Anthony… - Sustainable Energy & …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Biofuels from sustainable feedstocks are a promising option for carbon-neutral bioenergy,
where isobutanol has been receiving attention due to its advantageous physical and …

Investigating the potential of a higher reactivity fuel to achieve faster heat-up of aftertreatment systems

S Subramanian, DA Rothamer - Fuel, 2024 - Elsevier
Shortening the aftertreatment system heat-up period will be crucial to meet upcoming
emissions regulations, which mandate significant reductions in tail-pipe emissions for on …

Surrogates for Liquid–Liquid Extraction

M Neubauer, G Lenk, NJ Schubert, S Lux, T Wallek - ACS omega, 2023 - ACS Publications
Fuel surrogates are mixtures that mimic the properties of real fuels with only a small number
of components, simplifying the calculation and simulation of fuel-related processes. This …

Exploration of Fuel Property Impacts on the Combustion of Late Post Injections Using Binary Blends and High-Reactivity Ether Bioblendstocks

S Subramanian, D Rothamer - 2023 - sae.org
In this study, the impacts of fuel volatility and reactivity on combustion stability and emissions
were studied in a lightduty single-cylinder research engine for a three-injection catalyst …