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Second-generation biofuels

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Lignin monomer production integrated into the γ-valerolactone sugar platform

We demonstrate an experimental approach for upgrading lignin that has been isolated from corn stover via biomass fractionation using c-valerolactone (GVL) as a solvent. This GVL-based approach can be used in parallel with lignin upgrading to produce solubl ...

Royal Soc Chemistry2015

LCA of bioethanol and furfural production from vetiver

Edgard Gnansounou, Jegannathan Kenthorai Raman

In this study a prospective life cycle assessment of biorefinery system from vetiver leaves was carried out to know the environmental benefits of this system over conventional systems considering the geographical context of India. The composition of vetive ...

Elsevier2015

Investment and production costs of synthetic fuels - A literature survey

Guillaume Boissonnet, Emanuela Peduzzi

Synthetic fuels, or synfuels, can be produced from gas, coal and biomass. The conversion of gas and coal is well established but lignocellulosic biomass conversion is slow to develop. This paper addresses the issue of the production cost of second generati ...

Elsevier2014

New proposal for production of bioactive compounds by supercritical technology integrated to a sugarcane biorefinery

François Maréchal, Adriano Viana Ensinas

The construction of a supercritical fluid extraction (SFE) plant inside or in close proximity to a sugarcane biorefinery producing first and second generation ethanol demonstrated to be very promising, increasing the economic potential of the SFE process i ...

Springer Verlag2014

Thermo-Economic Optimisation of Integrated Ethanol and Methanol Production in the Sugarcane Industry

François Maréchal, Adriano Viana Ensinas, Emanuela Peduzzi, Priscilla Caliandro, Sandro Onorati

The present paper evaluated a sugarcane biorefinery producing ethanol, through the conventional process by sugars fermentation and methanol through bagasse and leaves gasification, hot cleaning and synthesis. The sugarcane biorefinery was modelled using fl ...

Aidic Servizi Srl2014

Microalgae for wastewater treatment, CO2 mitigation and biofuels : dream or sustainable maid for all work?

Christof Holliger, Jean-Paul Schwitzguebel, Eduardo Pereira Gomes, Stephen Mackay

Over the last decade, intensive research has been carried out all over the world to explore the huge potential of microalgae for biofuel production, which could be coupled to the use of industrial flue gas to enhance CO2 fixation as a greenhouse gas mitiga ...

2014

Multi-objective Optimization of a Solar Assisted 1st and 2nd Generation Sugarcane Ethanol Production Plant

François Maréchal, Adriano Viana Ensinas, Alberto Mian, Anna Sophia Wallerand, Gianluca Ambrosetti, Juliana Queiroz Albarelli

Ethanol production sites utilizing sugarcane as feedstock are usually located in regions with high land availability and decent solar radiation. This offers the opportunity to cover parts of the process energy demand with concentrated solar power (CSP) and ...

Abo Akademi University, Thermal and Flow Engineering Laboratory2014

Sustainability assessment of lignocellulosic biorefineries under uncertainty

Juan David Villegas Gomez

Biorefinery concepts refer to the integrated production of food, fuel, power, commodity chemicals, and polymers from biomass, mimicking the structure of a fossil-based refinery. The use of lignocellulosic biomass as feedstock for biorefineries has been pro ...

EPFL2014

Toward the sustainable cultivation of microalgae to produce renewable biofuels and fine chemicals

Jean-Paul Schwitzguebel

Microalgae are considered as renewable feedstock for the production of next-generation biofuels. However to achieve the financial sustainability to the algal biofuel production, it will be necessary to integrate it with the processing of high-value product ...

2014

Targeted Delivery: An Integrated Microrobotic Platform for On-Demand, Targeted Therapeutic Interventions (Adv. Mater. 6/2014)

Mahmut Selman Sakar

This review presents an overview of the initial targeted chemical processing stages for conversion of lignocellulosic biomass to platform molecules that serve as intermediates for the production of carbon-based fuels and chemicals. We identify four classes ...

Wiley-Blackwell2014

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