Biorefinery Polyutilization Systems: Production of Green Transportation Fuels From Biomass

Kumar, Pankaj; Varkolu, Mohan; Mailaram, Swarnalatha; Kunamalla, Alekhya; Maity, Sunil K.

doi:10.1016/b978-0-12-813306-4.00012-4

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“…The butanol family can be 1-butanol, isobutanol, or tert -butanol. Butanol has better physical and chemical properties than ethanol, which is also used as an official gasoline blend in the United States. ,,, Butanol has a higher heating value to reduce fuel consumption; lower volatility makes it a safe choice of fuel as a fuel mixer and is more easily mixed with gasoline (intersolubility). Butanol also has a broad market as a chemical besides alternative fuels.…”

Section: Bioethanol and Biobutanolmentioning

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Highlighting the Greener Shift in Transportation Energy and Fuels Based on Novel Catalytic Materials

Muraza

2020

Energy Fuels

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Sustainable energy and fuels for personal vehicles is one of the most important topics nowadays. With the spirit being to minimize climate change, decarbonization strategy has been applied to transportation fuels, power generation, and personal vehicles. In the past, there was an incentive to shift from gasoline to biomass-derived liquid fuels such as ethanol. With an oversupply of shale gas and the availability of biogas, carbon pollution was further reduced to compressed natural gas and hydrogen fuel. Recently, the personal electric vehicle has also being promoted in different countries. However, there are many challenges in each generation of fuels. In this minireview, substantial research avenues for each alternative fuel are being highlighted from a heterogeneous catalysis perspective. The needs for better catalysts in ethanol blended gasoline production, the quest to get better methane and hydrogen storage, and the search for abundant energy storage materials are discussed carefully. Since most of countries with electric vehicle programs are still generating electricity in coal plants, the search for cost-effective sorbent materials for CO 2 capture materials are also emphasized.

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Section: Bioethanol and Biobutanolmentioning

confidence: 99%

Highlighting the Greener Shift in Transportation Energy and Fuels Based on Novel Catalytic Materials

Muraza

2020

Energy Fuels

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“…EL can be used as a fuel additive in biodiesel [8]. MTHF can replace tetrahydrofuran (THF) as a solvent, substitute of gasoline, or gasoline blend [9]. DMTHF can be another choice of biofuel as it has similar properties to gasoline [10].…”

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Advance of glucose conversion to 5-hydroxymethylfurfural using ionic liquid: mini review

Zunita

Yuan

Laksono

2022

IOP Conf. Ser.: Earth Environ. Sci.

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Biomass has been used as a raw material to replace fossil fuel due to its abundance and renewability in recent years. The majority of biomass consists of carbohydrates such as glucose and fructose. The conversion of glucose into its derivative (i.e., 5-hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF)) opens several spaces to be studied. However, the yield of HMF is still low due to its ease of degradation into by-products and the difficulty of product separation. Therefore, ionic liquid (IL) is used as a solvent or media to avoid HMF degradation, which has high thermal stability, low toxicity, an un-flammable, wide range of solubility, physical and chemical stability. In addition, IL is recyclable, has good performance at dissolving biomass, and can act as a catalyst. Many important aspects of glucose conversion into HMF in IL as a media and catalyst can be deeply developed and investigated regarding conversion yield, which is affected by different ILs used, and conversion time. This review paper will discuss a detailed summary of the development of glucose conversion into HMF using IL.

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“…The molecule γvalerolactone is also considered as a platform molecule. These compounds can be blended with petroleum-derived fuels without requiring engine modification [14]. Furthermore, LA was classified by the US Department of Energy as one of the 12 most promising buildingblock molecules in nature.…”

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Novel Intensified Alternatives for Purification of Levulinic Acid Recovered from Lignocellulosic Biomass

2021

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The development of a bio-based economy has its foundations in the development of efficient processes to optimize biomass potential. In this context there are a multitude of molecules that can be either synthetized or recovered from biomass, among those the so-called 12 building-blocks reported by the US Department of Energy. Even if their identification and importance is clearly defined, research efforts concerning the purification or separation of these platform molecules are limited. To fill this gap, different configurations for the purification of levulinic acid recovered from lignocellulosic biomass are examined and compared in this work. In particular, hybrid configurations obtained by the combination of liquid-liquid extraction and distillation have been considered. It was demonstrated how a deep understanding of the subspace including all extraction-assisted simple column distillation configurations represents a fundamental step in the synthesis of different process alternatives. From a separation efficiency and economic standpoint, the proposed intensified liquid-liquid thermally equivalent configuration (LL-TE) and liquid-liquid side stream column configuration (LL-SSC) are promising solutions. Nonetheless, their performances are deeply interrelated to the purity target defined by the designer.

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Biorefinery Polyutilization Systems: Production of Green Transportation Fuels From Biomass

Cited by 15 publications

References 99 publications

Highlighting the Greener Shift in Transportation Energy and Fuels Based on Novel Catalytic Materials

Highlighting the Greener Shift in Transportation Energy and Fuels Based on Novel Catalytic Materials

Advance of glucose conversion to 5-hydroxymethylfurfural using ionic liquid: mini review

Novel Intensified Alternatives for Purification of Levulinic Acid Recovered from Lignocellulosic Biomass

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