Bioenergy

Corresponding author: Shulin Chen. Tel: 509-335-3743; Fax: 509-335-2722 E-mail: chens@wsu.edu An increasing attention has been paid to anaerobic digestion (AD) for converting the organic fraction of municipal solid wastes (OFMSW) to renewable energy and reducing environmental impact. Since OFMSW is...

An efficient and sustainable energy crop production system is essential for the success of the emerging biorefinery industry. However, there is currently a significant lack of understanding regarding the development and dynamics of the biomass feedstock market upstream of the biorefinery, which is...

The benefits of delignification on plant cell wall digestibility by hydrolytic enzymes are well described in the literature. The presence of lignin increases non-productive binding of cellulases, resulting in enzyme inhibition and decrease in the sugar yields. Moreover, lignin acts as an anti-...

Algae have recently received much attention due to their potential as a source of clean biofuel. One of the key economic hurdles in the production of biofuel from algal feedstocks continues to be the harvesting process. Flocculation shows great potential for lowering the economic hurdle by...

Introduction Hydrogen is produced by biomasses through a variety of pyrolysis and gasification processes. Most of these processes are hampered by the coproduction of tars, a mixture of heavy compounds that may result in fouling of heat exchangers and reactors. A steam reforming step is needed to...

Carbochemicals such as furfural and HMF are very useful as intermediates in the production of various chemicals and polymers that have numerous food, fuel and medical applications. These carbochemicals can be obtained from sugar degradation upon hydrothermal treatment of biomass substrates such as...

The main objective of this study was to investigate the power controlled effect on microwave-accelerated simultaneous extraction and transesterification (in situ transesterification) of dry algal biomass. Experimental runs were designed using a response surface methodology and the process...

Understanding and modeling the depolymerization mechanisms of cellulosic and lignocellulosic substrates by cellulase cocktails is a critical step towards further optimizing the production of monosaccharides from biomass. The Spezyme CP cellulase cocktail combined with the Novo 188 b-glucosidase...

Energy optimization of Hydrogen production from biomass Mariano Martín a,b , Ignacio E. Grossmann b [1] mariano.m3@usal.es ; grossmann@cmu.edu a Departamento de Ingeniería Química yTextil. Universidad de Salamanca. Plz. Caidos 1-5 37008, Salamanca (Spain) b Department of Chemical Engineering...

Saccharification of fermentable sugars is one of the most critical steps in producing bio-ethanol from lignocellulosics through Consolidate Bioprocessing (CBP). However, the extreme pH and ethanol concentration are commonly considered to be the potential inhibitory factors for the application of...