Integration of green economy concepts for sustainable biosurfactant production–a review

CL Mgbechidinma, OD Akan, C Zhang, M Huang… - Bioresource …, 2022 - Elsevier
The link between increasing global population, food demand, industrialization, and
agricultural waste is strong. Decomposing by-products from food cycles can introduce …

Potential role of sophorolipids in sustainable food systems

J Bueno-Mancebo, A Artola, R Barrena… - Trends in Food Science …, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract Background Sophorolipids (SLs) are a type of extracellular biosurfactants obtained
from renewable raw materials by fermentation with non-pathogenic yeasts. The …

Brazilian sugar cane industry–A survey on future improvements in the process energy management

MC Palacios-Bereche, R Palacios-Bereche… - Energy, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract The Brazilian Energy Matrix is characterised by the presence of Renewables,
whose participation reached 46.1% in 2019, equivalent to 133.8 Mtoe, of which 18.0 …

Techno-economic analysis of 2, 3-butanediol production from sugarcane bagasse

S Gadkari, V Narisetty, SK Maity… - ACS Sustainable …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Sugarcane bagasse (SCB) is a significant agricultural residue generated by sugar mills
based on sugarcane crop. Valorizing carbohydrate-rich SCB provides an opportunity to …

Mechanochemical recycling of cellulose multilayer carton packages to produce micro and nanocellulose from the perspective of techno-economic and environmental …

R Borges, M Brondi, AM Elias, CS Farinas… - Journal of Environmental …, 2024 - Elsevier
Despite being composed of recyclable materials, the main technological challenge of
multilayer carton packs involves the efficient decompatibilization of the cellulosic, polymeric …

A simplified techno-economic analysis for sophorolipid production in a solid-state fermentation process

M Martínez, A Rodríguez, T Gea, X Font - Energies, 2022 - mdpi.com
Sophorolipids (SLs) are microbial biosurfactants with an important role in industry and a
continuously growing market. This research addresses the use of sustainable resources as …

Assessing the feasibility and sustainability of a surfactin production process: a techno-economic and environmental analysis

JA Poveda-Giraldo, JC Solarte-Toro, C Treinen… - … Science and Pollution …, 2024 - Springer
Biosurfactants have been profiled as a sustainable replacement for chemical-based
surfactants since these bio-based molecules have higher biodegradability. Few research …

Techno-economic analysis as a driver for optimisation of cellobiose lipid fermentation and purification

A Oraby, S Rupp, S Zibek - Frontiers in Bioengineering and …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Cellobiose lipids (CL) are glycolipids synthesized by Ustilaginaceae species with potential
application as detergents or in cosmetics. This study identified process optimisation potential …

Biomass to green surfactants: Microwave-assisted transglycosylation of wheat bran for alkyl glycosides production

J Mi, J Cheng, KH Ng, N Yan - Bioresource Technology, 2024 - Elsevier
Depolymerization of carbohydrate biomass using a long-chain alcohol (transglycosylation)
to produce alkyl glycoside-based bio-surfactants has been gaining industrial interest. This …

Environmental evaluation of emerging bakery waste oil-derived sophorolipids production by performing a dynamic life cycle assessment

Y Miao, X Hu, MH To, H Wang, Z Qin, J Mou… - Sustainable Production …, 2024 - Elsevier
Sophorolipids (SLs) are promising biosurfactants that have gained significant attention due
to their superior properties compared to their fossil-derived counterparts. However, the huge …