Bioenergy

Bioprocessing Technologies in Biorefinery for Sustainable Production of Fuels, Chemicals, and Polymers

July, 2013

This book provides a comprehensive review of bioprocessing technologies that use lignocellulosic biomass for the production of biofuels, biochemicals and biopolymers and sets the stage for their large-scale production.

Algal Biofuels: The Backstory

March

2011

SBE Special Section

Arjun Gopalratnam

Increasing energy demand and dwindling energy resources have spurred interest in making transportation fuels from renewable sources such as microalgae.

Algal Biofuels: The Process

March

2011

SBE Special Section

Al Darzins, Eric P. Knoshaug

The production of algal biofuels involves algae cultivation, biomass harvesting and dewatering, lipid extraction, and conversion to fuel.

Algal Biofuels: The Research

March

2011

SBE Special Section

Kimberly Ogden, Kuan-Chen Cheng

The individual technical elements of the algae-to-biofuels process have already been demonstrated at the laboratory scale. Ongoing research seeks to refine the technology to enable scaleup to commercial production.

Biodiesel Production by Transesterification Using Heterogeneous Base Catalyst and Effect of Co-Solvent

Oct 19, 2011

Arun K. Gupta

Biodiesel production by Transestrification using heterogeneous base catalyst and effect of co-solvent Arun Kumar Gupta a , Goutam Deo b Department of Chemical Engineering Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, Kanpur-208016, India E-mail: a guptaak@iitk.ac.in , b goutam@iitk.ac.in...

More Heat than Light: Opportunities for Extremely Thermophilic Microorganisms and Enzymes in Biofuels

SBE Webinar

Aug 25, 2010

Robert Kelly

The recent interest in biofuels has motivated a closer look at microorganisms from extremely high temperature environments, not only for their capacity to deconstruct the carbohydrate content of plant biomass but also for novel metabolic pathways

Biological Synthesis of Fuels and Chemicals

SBE Webinar

Jul 22, 2010

James Liao

Global energy and climate problems have stimulated increased efforts in synthesizing fuels and chemicals from renewable resources.

The Effects of Solvent On Glucose Conversion to 5-Hydroxymethylfurfural

Nov 2, 2012

Xianghong Qian

Cellulosic biomass represents an abundant renewable resource for the production of bio-based products and biofuels. 5-hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF) is a critical and versatile intermediate for converting biomass to liquid alkanes and many other value-added products. However, cost effective conversion...

Upgrading of Biomass-Derived Liquid to Clean Fuels

Nov 2, 2012

Siauw H. Ng

The objective of this study is to develop and demonstrate a viable economical pathway to produce renewable transportation fuels from cellulosic biomass such as wood chips, forest wastes, and agriculture residues.

Immobilized-Cells Hollow Fiber Membrane Reactor for Fermentation of Inhibitors in Lignocellulosic Hydrolysates

Nov 1, 2012

Duong TT Nguyen

Production of bioethanol from agricultural and forest residues have been attracted considerable efforts as this lignocellulosic biomass is the most abundant renewable material and has the potential to serve as a sustainable feedstock for biofuel. Conversion process of lignocelluloses to bioethanol...

Accellerase® Trio: Advances in Cellulosic Enzymes for Commercial Biorefineries

Nov 1, 2012

Vinod Srinivasan

Providing nearly 400 enzyme products ranging from food and beverages to household cleaning and biofuels, Genencor has been a world leader in industrial biotechnology and a pioneer in enzyme innovation. Now a part of DuPont, DuPont Industrial Biosciences provides enzyme products for biomass...

AIChE Journal Highlight: An Engineering Roadmap for Biorefining

January

2013

Journal Highlight

In the January AIChE Journal Perspective article, “Engineering Biomass Conversion Processes: A Systems Perspective,” Univ. of Minnesota researchers Prodromos Daoutidis, W. Alex Marvin, Srinivas Rangarajan, and Ana Torres discuss the challenges,...

Grand Challenges in Sustainable Biofuels Production

SBE Webinar

Apr 22, 2009

Gregory Stephanopoulos

It is now clear that, for many reasons, corn has serious limitations as feedstock for biofuel production.

Biofuels: Metrics and Challenges

AIChE Webinar

Aug 22, 2012

John Carberry

Learn about the critical economic, environmental and social issues that will impact a biofuels project along with the technical programs that could enhance a particular project.

Microbial-Electrocatalytic Biofuel Production

SBE Webinar

Feb 23, 2012

Dr. Steven Singer

Dr Singer and his lab are developing an integrated Microbial-ElectroCatalytic (MEC) system to produce advanced biofuels from H2/CO2.

From Biomass to Biofuels: Breaking the Cellulose Barrier

SBE Webinar

Oct 5, 2011

Douglas Clark

Cellulases are of considerable current interest for converting the cellulosic content of biomass to fermentable sugars for biofuels production.

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