Bioprocessing

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 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.

From Biochemical Engineering to Synthetic Biology: A Short History of Engineering Impacts on Biotechnology

SBE Webinar

Sep 27, 2012

Harvey Blanch

This webinar will focus on how biochemical engineering developed in response to the need for large-scale production of antibiotics in the 1940s and 50s, even though fermentation provided a route to many industrial organic chemicals prior to their production from petroleum.

Piloting Bioreactors for Agitation Scale-Up

February

2008

Reactions and Separations

Gregory T. Benz

This article offers guidance on how to design appropriate experiments to measure scalable data for agitation in both aerobic and anaerobic bioreactors.

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...

Enhancement in Enzymatic Hydrolysis by Mechanical Refining of Pretreated Biomass

Nov 1, 2012

Brandon W. Jones

Cellulose is the most abundant natural polymer. Therefore, cellulosic bioethanol has been identified as a fuel source that has tremendous potential to supplement the United States consumption of non-renewable transportation fuel sources. Although cellulosic bioethanol is poised for market entry,...

A Kinetic Study of Bioethanol Fermentation by E. Coli FBWHR Using Wood Hemicellulosic Hydrolysate As Substrate

Nov 1, 2012

Yang Wang

Hemicellulose is currently a by-product currently under-utilized in the papermaking industry and represents the largest polysaccharides fraction wasted in most cellulosic ethanol pilot and demonstration plants around the world. It is a hetero-carbohydrate polymer, with β-xylose as the major...

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...

Cell Therapy Bioprocessing

SBE Webinar

Feb 8, 2011

Jon Rowley, Peter Zandstra, Robert Deans

As cellular therapies are advancing through clinical development and getting closer to market, close collaborations between stem cell biologists, clinical cell processing technologists, and bioengineers will be required for effective commercializa

Breaking the Cell Wall Barrier for Difficult-to-Express Natural and Supernatural Products

SBE Webinar

May 27, 2010

James Swartz

Modern recombinant DNA expression technologies, by definition, challenge cells to engage in unnatural acts; specifically, the production of new types and large quantities of proteins for which the cells have not evolved.

Molecular Bioprocessing as a New Paradigm for Drug Discovery

SBE Webinar

Mar 2, 2010

Jonathan Dordick

The drug discovery process is expensive and often inefficient. With the emergence of genomic and proteomic information, the growth of critical molecular targets is rapid.

Designing Efficient Metabolic Networks for Biofuels Production

SBE Webinar

Jun 25, 2009

Friedrich Srienc

Biotechnological processes depend to a large extent on the productivity of the organisms used.

Study On Thermo-Bio-Chemical Biorefinery: Fast Pyrolysis of Lignocellulosic Biomass After Hydrolysis Pre-Treatment

Oct 19, 2011

Rene Garrido

Study on Thermo-Bio-Chemical Biorefinery: Fast Pyrolysis of Lignocellulosic Biomass After Hydrolysis Pre-treatment Rene Garrido, Nydia Ruiz-Felix, and Justinus Satrio Chemical Engineering Department, Villanova University, PA 19085 Abstract Biomass-based energy is a renewable source of energy from...

Optimization of a Wild-Type Mesophilic Clostridium Species That Produces Butanol

Oct 19, 2011

Jianzhong He

Optimization of a wild-type mesophilic Clostridium Species that produces butanol Fengxue Xin, Sandhi Eko Bramono, and Jianzhong He* (*Email: jianzhong.he@nus.edu.sg ) The raising energy demands and climate changes have stimulated people to look for sustainable energy. Among the alternatives,...

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