CEP: News Update June2018News UpdateDragonflies Inspire a New Way To Create and Dry Aerogels When a dragonfly emerges from its underwater larval stage and stretches out its wings for the first time, those wings are as soft as jelly. But after a mere hour or so, they are solid and...
Fungi Hold Secret to Wood-based Advanced Biofuels February 21, 2018A team of researchers at the University of York have discovered a set of enzymes in fungi that could help make wood an even more promising source for advanced biofuels.
Chemical and Biological Engineers Create Filter for Highly Selective Chemical Separations February 8, 2018Previously impossible separations become reality; new filter operates with lower cost and emissions, compared to conventional separation methods.
Heterogeneous Catalytic Oxidation of Biorefinery Lignin for Dicarboxylic Acid Production Conference PresentationAIChE Annual MeetingNovember 7, 2013Directly production of dicarboxylic acid from biorefinery lignin is introduced as one new direction of lignin conversion to value-added chemicals ,...
Accellerase® Trio: Advances in Cellulosic Enzymes for Commercial Biorefineries Conference PresentationAIChE Annual MeetingNovember 1, 2012Providing nearly 400 enzyme products ranging from food and beverages to household cleaning and biofuels, Genencor has been a world leader in...
Techno-Economic Analysis of a Biorefinery Utilizing Geothermal Energy for Biomass Drying and Auxilliary Power Generation Conference PresentationAIChE Annual MeetingOctober 30, 2012A techno-economic study of a biorefinery based on biomass gasification is conducted using Aspen Plus and corresponding economic analysis tools for...
BIOCORE - On a Paradigm for the Design and Synthesis of Real-Life Biorefineries Conference PresentationAIChE Annual MeetingOctober 19, 2011As oil is a fast depleting resource (BP, 2010), much is expected by the production of biofuels as valid options to replace fossil-oil transportation...
Study On Thermo-Bio-Chemical Biorefinery: Fast Pyrolysis of Lignocellulosic Biomass After Hydrolysis Pre-Treatment Conference PresentationAIChE Annual MeetingOctober 19, 2011Study on Thermo-Bio-Chemical Biorefinery: Fast Pyrolysis of Lignocellulosic Biomass After Hydrolysis Pre-treatment Rene Garrido, Nydia Ruiz-Felix,...
Which Fractionation Process Can Overcome Techno-Economic Hurdles of a Lignocellulosic Biorefinery? Conference PresentationAIChE Annual MeetingOctober 18, 2011Lignocellulosics are considered as feed stock for transportation fuels and chemicals because they address two pressing global issues; climate change...
An Integrated Lipid-Based Platform for “Drop-In” Fuel Biorefinery Conference PresentationAIChE Annual MeetingOctober 18, 2011A major challenge in developing biorefinery is that the availability of biomass often limits the scale of the plant thus the feasibility of an...
Integration of a Membrane Based Extraction Process Into a Lignocellulosic Biorefinery Conference PresentationAIChE Annual MeetingOctober 18, 2011In the future, it is anticipated that multi-product biorefineries will be used to convert lignocellulosic biomass to fuels and chemicals, in which,...
Coupled Optimization and Simulation for Multi-Biomass Source-to-Biorefinery Supply Chain Modeling and Analysis Conference PresentationAIChE Annual MeetingOctober 17, 2011As cost associated with fossil fuels rise due to various environmental, social, and economic factors, it has become prudent to examine the...
Improving the Quality of Spent Mushroom Substrate (SMS) As Feedstock for Biorefineries Conference PresentationAIChE Annual MeetingOctober 17, 2011In the current ecological climate there is a strong push to find a renewable energy resource to reduce the usage of fossil fuels which are depleting...
Deployment of ZeaChem's Sustainable Biorefinery Conference PresentationAIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process SafetyMarch 22, 2010Increased emphasis is being placed on renewable, sustainable, domestic forms of energy, including transportation fuels, at national, state and local...
An Integrated Framework for Enterprise Management—A Synergistic Approach Towards Sustainable Biorefineries Conference PresentationAIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process SafetyMarch 22, 2010In recent years, there has been a marked surge in the search for alternative sources of energy that wean the world off of dependence on fossil fuels...
Biorefinery Could Help Move US Navy and Hawaii Off Imported Oil July 17, 2012As the US Navy successfully winds up the first "Great Green Fleet" maneuvers off Hawaii, a subsidiary of Honeywell is building the nation's first dedicated biorefinery on a former pineapple field outside of Honolulu.
Advances in Algal Biorefineries II [On Location] October 19, 2011 Algae and plant oils have shown great promise towards answering the energy density question, but I am reminded of a 3-step business plan that I encountered in school: Step 1 – Collect algae, Step 3 – Profit. The presenters in this session are concerned with that mysterious Step 2.
Efficiency of Biomass Energy: An Exergy Approach to Biofuels, Power, and Biorefineries June, 2016This book provides a systematic and comprehensive overview of energy and exergy efficiencies, together with environmental and economic aspects of biomass energy systems. The author emphasizes how to apply the modern exergy approach to the design and improvement of bioenergy systems. Each chapter...
Bioprocessing Technologies in Biorefinery for Sustainable Production of Fuels, Chemicals, and Polymers July, 2013This 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.
Biorefinery Process Economics October2005SBE Special SectionGregory M. BohlmannWith oil and natural gas prices surging, bio-based feedstocks are becoming increasingly competitive. This article examines, in depth, the technical and economic aspects of the biorefinery concept.