Algal Biofuels: The Backstory
Arjun Gopalratnam
Increasing energy demand and dwindling energy resources have spurred interest in making transportation fuels from renewable sources such as microalgae.
Industrial Biotechnology
Algal Biofuels: The Process
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
Systems Metabolic Engineering
SBE Webinar
Apr 22, 2010
Sang Yup Lee
As our concerns on global warming and other environmental problems are increasing, there has been much interest in developing sustainable system for the production of chemicals, fuels, and materials from renewable resources.
Industrial Systems Biology
SBE Webinar
Aug 25, 2009
Jens Nielsen
Cell factories are used extensively to produce many specific molecules used as pharmaceuticals, fine chemicals, fuels, materials and food ingredients.
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.
Effects of Reaction Conditions On the Acid-Catalyzed Hydrolysis of Miscanthus Dissolved In An Ionic Liquid
Oct 19, 2011
Sean J. Dee
Miscanthus, a perennial grass, is an attractive biofuel feedstock compared with corn and poplar due to its high energy yield per hectare and low agricultural inputs such as water and soil nutrients. Recent studies have shown the three primary components of miscanthus, cellulose, hemicellulose, and...
A Novel Reactive Distillation Approach for Producing 1,3-Dihydroxyacetone From Glycerol
Oct 19, 2011
Dennis J. Miller
Glycerol is a viable renewable feedstock that has emerged as a consequence of triglyceride conversion to biodiesel. In addition to glycerol conversion to commodity chemicals such as propylene glycol and epichlorohydrin, formation of higher-value specialty chemical products such as 1,3-...
Green and High Efficient Enzyme Hydrolysis Process for Sweet Sorghum Bagasse
Oct 19, 2011
Xinshu Zhuang
In order to improve enzymatic hydrolysis efficiency, several approaches including liquid hot water (LHW) pretreatment, adding surfactant, magnetic stirring and fed-batch hydrolysis were investigated, in which Sweet sorghum bagasse (SSB) was chosen as the feedstock. The experiment results showed...
Isoconversional Methods Applied to Kinetic Modeling Oxidative Alkaline Pretreatment of Sugarcane Bagasse
Oct 18, 2011
Rocio Sierra
Delignification (decrease of lignin content) has shown to be a valid method to significantly increase lignocellulosic feedstocks digestibility. This operation (widely known as pretreatment) makes these abundantly available and inexpensive feedstocks usable in fermentation processes whose main goal...
Triacylglycerol Production From Corn Stover Silage Using a Xylose-Fermenting Rhodococcus Opacus Strain
Oct 18, 2011
Kazuhiko Kurosawa
Background: Biodiesel, monoalkyl esters of long-chain fatty acids attached to short-chain alcohols derived from triacylglycerols (TAGs), can be produced from renewable biomass sources. There has been interest in producing TAGs from oleaginous microorganisms. As published recently (J Biotechnol...
Realizing the Potential of Advanced Biofuels
Oct 18, 2011
Thomas Foust
Advanced biofuels or drop-in fuels is the terminology used to refer to hydrocarbon fuels that are direct replacements or supplements for existing gasoline, diesel and jet fuels currently refined from conventional petroleum feedstocks. Drop-in fuels from biomass will need to meet all of the refinery...
Co-Utilization of Methane In Steam-Biomass Gasification Using Concentrated Solar Energy
Oct 18, 2011
Aaron W. Palumbo
Presented is a novel gasification application where biomass is steam-gasified and natural gas is steam-reformed simultaneously in a solar reactor. Solar-driven gasification is a proven technology, and can augment the biofuel industry as a domestic fuel source. Gasification performed in an...
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