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Green S, Binder T, Hagberg E, Subramaniam B. Correlation between Lignin-Carbohydrate Complex Content in Grass Lignins and Phenolic Aldehyde Production by Rapid Spray Ozonolysis. ACS ENGINEERING AU 2023; 3:84-90. [PMID: 37096174 PMCID: PMC10119922 DOI: 10.1021/acsengineeringau.2c00041] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/10/2022] [Revised: 11/30/2022] [Accepted: 12/05/2022] [Indexed: 04/26/2023]
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We provide strong evidence that the amounts of phenolic aldehydes (vanillin and p-hydroxybenzaldehyde, pHB) selectively released during rapid ozonolysis of grass lignins are correlated with the unsubstituted aryl carbons of lignin-carbohydrate complexes present in these lignins. In the case of acetosolv lignin from corn stover, we observed a steady yield of vanillin and pHB (cumulatively ∼5 wt % of the initial lignin). We demonstrate the continuous ozonolysis of the lignin in a spray reactor at ambient temperature and pressure. In sharp contrast, similar ozonolysis of acetosolv lignin from corn cobs resulted in a twofold increase in the combined yield (∼10 wt %) of vanillin and pHB. Structural analysis with 1H-13C heteronuclear single quantum coherence (HSQC) nuclear magnetic resonance revealed that signals assigned to unsubstituted aryl carbons of lignin-carbohydrate complexes are quantitatively correlated to phenolic aldehyde production from spray ozonolysis. The ratios of the integrated peak volumes corresponding to coumarates and ferulates in the HSQC spectra of cob and corn stover lignins (SLs) are 2.4 and 2.0, respectively. These ratios are nearly identical to the observed 2.3-fold increase in pHB and 1.8-fold increase in vanillin production rates from corn cob lignin compared to corn SL. Considering that the annual U.S. lignin capacity from these grass lignin sources is ∼60 million MT, the value creation potential from these flavoring agents is conservatively ∼$50 million annually from just 10% of the lignin. These new insights into structure/product correlation and spray reactor characteristics provide rational guidance for developing viable technologies to valorize grass lignins.
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- Steffan Green
- Center
for Environmentally Beneficial Catalysis, University of Kansas, 1501 Wakarusa Drive, Lawrence, Kansas66047, United
States
- Department
of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering, University
of Kansas, 1530 W. 15th Street, Lawrence, Kansas66045, United
States
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- Center
for Environmentally Beneficial Catalysis, University of Kansas, 1501 Wakarusa Drive, Lawrence, Kansas66047, United
States
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- Center
for Environmentally Beneficial Catalysis, University of Kansas, 1501 Wakarusa Drive, Lawrence, Kansas66047, United
States
- Archer
Daniels Midland Company, 1001 N. Brush College Road, Decatur, Illinois62521, United States
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- Center
for Environmentally Beneficial Catalysis, University of Kansas, 1501 Wakarusa Drive, Lawrence, Kansas66047, United
States
- Department
of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering, University
of Kansas, 1530 W. 15th Street, Lawrence, Kansas66045, United
States
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What Drives a Future German Bioeconomy? A Narrative and STEEPLE Analysis for Explorative Characterisation of Scenario Drivers. SUSTAINABILITY 2022. [DOI: 10.3390/su14053045] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/10/2022]
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A future bioeconomy pursues the transformation of the resource base from fossil to renewable materials in an effort to develop a holistic, sustainable production and provision system. While the significance of this change in the German context is not yet entirely explored, scenarios analysing possible pathways could support the understanding of these changes and their systemic implications. Bioeconomy in detail depends on respective framework conditions, such as the availability of biomass or technological research priorities. Thus, for scenario creation, transferable methods for flexible input settings are needed. Addressing this issue, the study identifies relevant bioeconomy scenario drivers. With the theoretical approach of narrative analysis, 92 statements of the German National Bioeconomy Strategy 2020 have been evaluated and 21 international studies in a STEEPLE framework were assessed. For a future German bioeconomy 19 important drivers could be determined and specific aspects of the resource base, production processes and products as well as overarching issues were exploratively characterised on a quantitative and qualitative basis. The developed method demonstrate an approach for a transparent scenario driver identification that is applicable to other strategy papers. The results illustrate a possible future German bioeconomy that is resource- and technology-driven by following a value-based objective, and which is supplied by biogenic residue and side product feedstocks. As such, the bioeconomy scenario drivers can be used as a starting point for future research like scenario development or modelling of a future German bioeconomy.
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Ryan N, Yaseneva P. A critical review of life cycle assessment studies of woody biomass conversion to sugars. PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS. SERIES A, MATHEMATICAL, PHYSICAL, AND ENGINEERING SCIENCES 2021; 379:20200335. [PMID: 34334025 PMCID: PMC8326825 DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2020.0335] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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Woody biomass could potentially become a viable raw material for the future sustainable chemical industry. For this, a suitable regulatory framework must exist, that would create favourable economic conditions for wood biorefineries. Such policies must be developed on the basis of scientific evidence-in this case, data supporting the environmental advantages of the bio-based feedstocks to the chemical industry. The most suitable methodology for comprehensive evaluation of environmental performance of technologies is life cycle assessment (LCA). In this review, the available LCA studies of woody biomass fractionation and conversion to bulk chemical feedstocks are critically evaluated. It has been revealed that the majority of the openly available studies do not contain transparent inventory data and, therefore, cannot be verified or re-used; studies containing inventory data are reported in this review. The lack of inventory data also prevents comparison between studies of the same processes performed with different evaluation methods or using different system boundaries. Recommendations are proposed on how to overcome issues of commercial data sensitivity by using black-box modelling when reporting environmental information. From several comparable LCA studies, it has been concluded that today the most environmentally favourable technology for wood biomass fractionation is organosolv. This article is part of the theme issue 'Bio-derived and bioinspired sustainable advanced materials for emerging technologies (part 1)'.
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- Niamh Ryan
- Department of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, University of Cambridge, Philippa Fawcett Drive, Cambridge CB3 0AS, UK
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- Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership, University of Cambridge, 1 Trumpington Street, Cambridge CB2 1QA, UK
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Tschulkow M, Compernolle T, Van Passel S. Optimal timing of multiple investment decisions in a wood value chain: A real options approach. JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT 2021; 290:112590. [PMID: 33910072 DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2021.112590] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/20/2020] [Revised: 03/10/2021] [Accepted: 04/09/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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A new reductive catalytic fractionation biorefinery process (RCF) is currently being developed transforming wood into high-value end-products. RCF is considered to be in the pilot stage with a technology readiness level of 5-6. Apart from the RCF-process characteristics, the economic feasibility also depends on the investment decisions that are made upstream and downstream within the wood value chain, increasing the level of uncertainty. Two investment options within the value chain are considered: an option to invest in harvesting equipment and an option to invest in the RCF. To understand the impact of multiple sources of uncertainty on the decision to invest in an innovative RCF-driven wood value chain, an analytical two-factor real options model is presented, accounting for correlated cost and price uncertainties. Two different scenarios, separated and united investments in harvesting equipment and RCF, are analyzed. In both scenarios, market uncertainty postpones investment in comparison to the traditional NPV approach. When both investments are considered separately, the investment in RCF is expected to be earlier than the investment in harvesting equipment. When both investment decisions are united, the probability of investment increases. The study reveals that RCF has the potential to stimulate investments from different investors, -upstream and midstream-, within the wood value chain. Besides, the introduced real options model proofs its ability to assess the economic feasibility of innovative technologies (e.g RCF) individually or within the value chain, taking into account multiple sources of uncertainty.
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- Maxim Tschulkow
- Department of Engineering Management, University of Antwerp, Prinsstraat 13, 2000, Antwerp, Belgium.
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- Department of Engineering Management, University of Antwerp, Prinsstraat 13, 2000, Antwerp, Belgium; Geological Survey of Belgium - Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, Jennerstraat 13, 1000, Brussels, Belgium.
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- Department of Engineering Management, University of Antwerp, Prinsstraat 13, 2000, Antwerp, Belgium; Nanolab Centre of Excellence, Prinsstraat 13, 2000, Antwerp, Belgium.
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Ning P, Yang G, Hu L, Sun J, Shi L, Zhou Y, Wang Z, Yang J. Recent advances in the valorization of plant biomass. BIOTECHNOLOGY FOR BIOFUELS 2021; 14:102. [PMID: 33892780 PMCID: PMC8063360 DOI: 10.1186/s13068-021-01949-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 18.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/20/2020] [Accepted: 04/07/2021] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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Plant biomass is a highly abundant renewable resource that can be converted into several types of high-value-added products, including chemicals, biofuels and advanced materials. In the last few decades, an increasing number of biomass species and processing techniques have been developed to enhance the application of plant biomass followed by the industrial application of some of the products, during which varied technologies have been successfully developed. In this review, we summarize the different sources of plant biomass, the evolving technologies for treating it, and the various products derived from plant biomass. Moreover, the challenges inherent in the valorization of plant biomass used in high-value-added products are also discussed. Overall, with the increased use of plant biomass, the development of treatment technologies, and the solution of the challenges raised during plant biomass valorization, the value-added products derived from plant biomass will become greater in number and more valuable.
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- Peng Ning
- Energy-rich Compounds Production by Photosynthetic Carbon Fixation Research Center, Shandong Key Lab of Applied Mycology, Qingdao Agricultural University, No. 700 Changcheng Road, Chengyang District, Qingdao, 266109, China
- College of Life Sciences, Qingdao Agricultural University, Qingdao, China
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- College of Life Sciences, Qingdao Agricultural University, Qingdao, China
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- Institute of Chemical Industry of Forest Products, Key Laboratory of Biomass Energy and Material, CAF, Nanjing, China
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- College of Food Science and Engineering, Qingdao Agricultural University, Qingdao, China
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- Agricultural Integrated Service Center of Zhuyouguan, Longkou, Yantai, China
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- Institute of Chemical Industry of Forest Products, Key Laboratory of Biomass Energy and Material, CAF, Nanjing, China
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- Energy-rich Compounds Production by Photosynthetic Carbon Fixation Research Center, Shandong Key Lab of Applied Mycology, Qingdao Agricultural University, No. 700 Changcheng Road, Chengyang District, Qingdao, 266109, China.
- College of Life Sciences, Qingdao Agricultural University, Qingdao, China.
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- Energy-rich Compounds Production by Photosynthetic Carbon Fixation Research Center, Shandong Key Lab of Applied Mycology, Qingdao Agricultural University, No. 700 Changcheng Road, Chengyang District, Qingdao, 266109, China.
- College of Life Sciences, Qingdao Agricultural University, Qingdao, China.
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Cortés A, Moreira MT, Domínguez J, Lores M, Feijoo G. Unraveling the environmental impacts of bioactive compounds and organic amendment from grape marc. JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT 2020; 272:111066. [PMID: 32669260 DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2020.111066] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/12/2020] [Revised: 06/08/2020] [Accepted: 07/06/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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In a society that produces large amounts of solid waste, the search for new methods of valorisation has led to the development of techniques that make it possible to obtain new products from waste. In the case of bio-waste, biological treatment such as anaerobic digestion or composting appear to be suitable options for producing bio-energy or bio-fertilizers respectively. Vermicomposting is a method of converting solid organic waste into resources through bio-oxidation and stabilization of the organic waste by earthworms. The purpose of this study is to establish the environmental impacts of a complete route for the valorisation of grape pomace in order to identify environmental hotspots. In this valorisation route, different value-added products are produced with potential application in the cosmetic, food and pharmaceutical sectors. Priority was given to the use of primary data in the elaboration of the data inventories needed to perform the life cycle assessment (LCA). The main findings from this study reported that the energy requirement of the distillation process is an important hot spot of the process. Although the valorisation route has some poor results in terms of the two environmental indicators (carbon footprint and normalised impact index), when economic revenues were included in this analysis, its environmental performance was better than that of other alternatives for bio-waste recovery.
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- Antonio Cortés
- CRETUS Institute, Department of Chemical Engineering, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, 15782, Santiago de Compostela, Spain.
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- CRETUS Institute, Department of Chemical Engineering, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, 15782, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
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- Grupo de Ecoloxía Animal (GEA), Universidade de Vigo, 36310, Vigo, Spain
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- CRETUS Institute, Department of Analytical Chemistry, Nutrition and Food Sciences, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, 15782, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
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- CRETUS Institute, Department of Chemical Engineering, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, 15782, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
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Thoresen PP, Matsakas L, Rova U, Christakopoulos P. Recent advances in organosolv fractionation: Towards biomass fractionation technology of the future. BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY 2020; 306:123189. [PMID: 32220471 DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2020.123189] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/21/2020] [Revised: 03/11/2020] [Accepted: 03/13/2020] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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Organosolv treatment is among the most promising strategies for valorising lignocellulosic biomass and could facilitate the transition towards enhanced utilization of renewable feedstocks. However, issues such as inefficient solvent recycle and fractionation has to be overcome. The present review aims to address these issues and discuss the role of the components present during organosolv treatment and their influence on the overall process. Thus, the review focuses not only on how the choice of solvent and catalyst affects lignocellulosic fractionation, but also on how the choice of treatment liquor influences the possibility for solvent recycling and product isolation. Several organic solvents have been investigated in combination with water and acid/base catalysts; however, the lack of a holistic approach often compromises the performance of the different operational units. Thus, an economically viable organosolv process should optimize biomass fractionation, product isolation, and solvent recycling.
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- Petter Paulsen Thoresen
- Biochemical Process Engineering, Division of Chemical Engineering, Department of Civil, Environmental and Natural Resources Engineering, Luleå University of Technology, 971-87, Sweden
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- Biochemical Process Engineering, Division of Chemical Engineering, Department of Civil, Environmental and Natural Resources Engineering, Luleå University of Technology, 971-87, Sweden.
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- Biochemical Process Engineering, Division of Chemical Engineering, Department of Civil, Environmental and Natural Resources Engineering, Luleå University of Technology, 971-87, Sweden
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- Biochemical Process Engineering, Division of Chemical Engineering, Department of Civil, Environmental and Natural Resources Engineering, Luleå University of Technology, 971-87, Sweden.
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Insights from the Sustainability Monitoring Tool SUMINISTRO Applied to a Case Study System of Prospective Wood-Based Industry Networks in Central Germany. SUSTAINABILITY 2020. [DOI: 10.3390/su12093896] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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Bioeconomy regions are a young concept representing emerging amalgamation points for the implementation of cross-sectoral value-added chains. When sustainable bioeconomy strategies are rolled out, their proof-of-concept implies that industrial R&D activities should lead to impact decoupling and that the valorization of locally available lignocellulosic biomass has to contribute to an increase in added value. Furthermore, regional co-benefits for society and a positive influence on local environmental and socioeconomic conditions are major factors. The fulfillment of these strategic goals would be a milestone achievement when progressing from the blueprint development and the road-mapping stage towards socially accepted and sustainable wood-based bioeconomy strategies. For regional industrial and science stakeholders who run pilot facilities for process upscaling and for energy and material flow integration, this requires well-orchestrated integrative processes, which go beyond conventional “Life Cycle Management” approaches. It is obvious that assessing and monitoring such integrative systems will have to account for different stakeholder perspectives and for detailed technology deployment and resource conversion scenarios. Applying a sustainability index methodology in a case study region must include an evaluation of the whole supply chain and the process networks associated with the characteristic products of the evaluated region. To date, no such integrative assessment methods exist in the literature. Therefore, the aim of this paper is to lay out, on the basis of a practical example in the case study region of Central Germany, an assessment of the sustainability level of wood-based bioeconomy networks by applying the Sustainability Monitoring Tool -SUMINISTRO”- to examine regional bio-based industry networks.
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Niño-Villalobos A, Puello-Yarce J, González-Delgado ÁD, Ojeda KA, Sánchez-Tuirán E. Biodiesel and Hydrogen Production in a Combined Palm and Jatropha Biomass Biorefinery: Simulation, Techno-Economic, and Environmental Evaluation. ACS OMEGA 2020; 5:7074-7084. [PMID: 32280848 PMCID: PMC7143409 DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.9b03049] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/17/2019] [Accepted: 03/18/2020] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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The biodiesel from lignocellulosic materials has been widely recognized as an alternative fuel to meet energy requirements worldwide, facing fossil fuel depletion, and emerging energy policies. In this work, the biorefinery approach was applied for biodiesel production from jatropha and palm oils in order to make it economically competitive by the utilization of residual biomass as the feedstock for obtaining hydrogen via steam reforming of glycerol and gasification. The linear chains for hydrogen and diesel were simulated using UniSim software and main stream properties were collected from the literature or predicted by correlations. The proposed scheme of biorefinery was analyzed through environmental and techno-economic assessment to identify the feasibility of this process to be implemented. Three different blends of oils (JO10-PO90, JO20-PO80, and JO30-PO70) were considered in the environmental analysis to determine alternatives for reducing potential environmental impacts (PEIs). It was found that the acidification potential highly contributed to the environmental impacts attributed to the use of fossil fuels for heating requirements, and JO30-PO70 blend exhibited the lowest PEI value. The economic indicators were calculated to be 8,455,147.29 $USD and 33.18% for the net present value and internal rate of return, respectively. These results revealed that the proposed combined biomass biorefinery is feasible to be scaled up without causing significant negative impacts on the environment.
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- Antonio Niño-Villalobos
- Process
Design and Biomass Utilization Research Group (IDAB), Chemical Engineering
Department, University of Cartagena, Cartagena, Bolívar 130015, Colombia
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- Process
Design and Biomass Utilization Research Group (IDAB), Chemical Engineering
Department, University of Cartagena, Cartagena, Bolívar 130015, Colombia
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- Nanomaterials
and Computer Aided Process Engineering Research Group (NIPAC), Chemical
Engineering Department, University of Cartagena, Cartagena, Bolívar 130015, Colombia
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- Process
Design and Biomass Utilization Research Group (IDAB), Chemical Engineering
Department, University of Cartagena, Cartagena, Bolívar 130015, Colombia
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- Process
Design and Biomass Utilization Research Group (IDAB), Chemical Engineering
Department, University of Cartagena, Cartagena, Bolívar 130015, Colombia
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An Environmental and Economic Analysis of Flocculation Technology Applied to a Corn-Based Ethanol Plant. Processes (Basel) 2020. [DOI: 10.3390/pr8030271] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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The stimulation of renewable fuel production is related to the environmental issues resulting from the extraction and utilization of fossil fuels. Although corn-based ethanol is one of the leading renewable fuels and promises to mitigate these environmental impacts, it generates large volumes of wastewater with high concentrations of organic material (CODcr > 30,000 mg/L) and low pH (3.5–4.5), which leads to serious environmental concerns. A common method of treatment of distillery wastewater is the Dry Distilled Grain Soluble (DDGS) process, which separates liquid and solid fractions; however, a disadvantage of this process is its high energy consumption. Other commonly implemented methods are often costly and not environmentally safe. To minimize these problems, a flocculation process can be applied as a potential lower energy consumption process utilizing bioflocculants, which have been proven harmless to the environment. Therefore, the main goal of this study was to analyze the economic and environmental impacts of using bioflocculants instead of evaporation process in a corn-based ethanol plant. The procedures were evaluated by analyzing the Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) and Techno-Economic Analysis (TEA). From the results, it can be seen that the flocculation system can be an alternative process for effectively minimizing energy consumption during the production of DDGS, Distilled Wet Grains with Solubles (DWGS), and corn oil. The flocculation process achieved a significantly (28%) lower utility cost when compared to the conventional system. However, the overall fixed costs and annual operating costs for the flocculation system were higher than those of the conventional system. Additionally, both processes resulted in negative profit and a sensitivity analysis showed that the feedstocks cost substantially impacted the DDGS, DWGS, and corn oil production costs. Related to environmental aspects, the LCA results showed that the flocculation process achieved the lowest Global Warming Potential (GWP) of the several electricity supply technologies analyzed and presented a significant reduction in CO2 equivalent emissions when compared to a conventional system. The flocculation process resulted in approximately 57% lower greenhouse gas emissions.
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Separation of lignin from beech wood hydrolysate using polymeric resins and zeolites – Determination and application of adsorption isotherms. Sep Purif Technol 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.seppur.2018.07.077] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Relative Greenhouse Gas Abatement Cost Competitiveness of Biofuels in Germany. ENERGIES 2018. [DOI: 10.3390/en11030615] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Romero-García JM, Gutiérrez CDB, Toro JCS, Alzate CAC, Castro E. Environmental Assessment of Biorefineries. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2017. [DOI: 10.1007/978-981-10-7434-9_20] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/31/2023]
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Narron RH, Han Q, Park S, Chang HM, Jameel H. Lignocentric analysis of a carbohydrate-producing lignocellulosic biorefinery process. BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY 2017; 241:857-867. [PMID: 28629103 DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2017.05.207] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/03/2017] [Revised: 05/30/2017] [Accepted: 05/31/2017] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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A biologically-based lignocellulosic biorefinery process for obtaining carbohydrates from raw biomass was investigated across six diverse biomasses (three hardwoods & three nonwoods) for the purpose of decoding lignin's influence on sugar production. Acknowledging that lignin could positively alter the economics of an entire process if valorized appropriately, we sought to correlate the chemical properties of lignin within the process to the traditional metrics associated with carbohydrate production-cellulolytic digestibility and total sugar recovery. Based on raw carbohydrate, enzymatic recovery ranged from 40 to 64% w/w and total recovery ranged from 70 to 87% w/w. Using nitrobenzene oxidation to quantify non-condensed lignin structures, it was found that raw hardwoods bearing increasing non-condensed S/V ratios (2.5-5.1) render increasing total carbohydrate recovery from hardwood biomasses. This finding indicates that the chemical structure of hardwood lignin influences the investigated biorefinery process' ability to generate carbohydrates from a given raw hardwood feedstock.
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- Robert H Narron
- Department of Forest Biomaterials, North Carolina State University, 2820 Faucette Dr, Raleigh 27607, NC, United States
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- Department of Forest Biomaterials, North Carolina State University, 2820 Faucette Dr, Raleigh 27607, NC, United States
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- Department of Forest Biomaterials, North Carolina State University, 2820 Faucette Dr, Raleigh 27607, NC, United States
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- Department of Forest Biomaterials, North Carolina State University, 2820 Faucette Dr, Raleigh 27607, NC, United States
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- Department of Forest Biomaterials, North Carolina State University, 2820 Faucette Dr, Raleigh 27607, NC, United States.
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Goldmann WM, Ahola J, Mikola M, Tanskanen J. Formic acid aided hot water extraction of hemicellulose from European silver birch (Betula pendula) sawdust. BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY 2017; 232:176-182. [PMID: 28231535 DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2017.02.032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/2016] [Revised: 02/06/2017] [Accepted: 02/08/2017] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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Hemicellulose has been extracted from birch (Betula pendula) sawdust by formic acid aided hot water extraction. The maximum amount of hemicellulose extracted was about 70mol% of the total hemicellulose content at 170°C, measured as the combined yield of xylose and furfural. Lower temperatures (130 and 140°C) favored hemicellulose hydrolysis rather than cellulose hydrolysis, even though the total hemicellulose yield was less than at 170°C. It was found that formic acid greatly increased the hydrolysis of hemicellulose to xylose and furfural at the experimental temperatures. The amount of lignin in the extract remained below the detection limit of the analysis (3g/L) in all cases. Formic acid aided hot water extraction is a promising technique for extracting hemicellulose from woody biomass, while leaving a solid residue with low hemicellulose content, which can be delignified to culminate in the three main isolated lignocellulosic fractions: cellulose, hemicellulose, and lignin.
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- Werner Marcelo Goldmann
- Chemical Process Engineering, Faculty of Technology, University of Oulu, P.O. Box 4300, Oulu 90014, Finland.
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- Chemical Process Engineering, Faculty of Technology, University of Oulu, P.O. Box 4300, Oulu 90014, Finland
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- Chemical Process Engineering, Faculty of Technology, University of Oulu, P.O. Box 4300, Oulu 90014, Finland
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- Chemical Process Engineering, Faculty of Technology, University of Oulu, P.O. Box 4300, Oulu 90014, Finland
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Bezama A. Let us discuss how cascading can help implement the circular economy and the bio-economy strategies. WASTE MANAGEMENT & RESEARCH : THE JOURNAL OF THE INTERNATIONAL SOLID WASTES AND PUBLIC CLEANSING ASSOCIATION, ISWA 2016; 34:593-4. [PMID: 27381818 DOI: 10.1177/0734242x16657973] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/06/2023]
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