Principles of biorefineries

Kamm, Birgit; Kamm, Michael A.

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“…Even though various natural resources (e.g., wind, sun, water, biomass) can be recognized as alternative sustainable resources to fossil fuels, biomass, in particular, plant biomass, is considered to be one of the most economical recourses and is transformed into bio-based energy such as biofuel and ethanol (2). Biofuel production from plant biomass also produces many different coproducts that have many unexplored uses (3).…”

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Soil Stabilization with Bioenergy Coproduct

Ceylan

Gopalakrishnan

Kim

2010

Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation R

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The production and use of biofuel have increased under the context of sustainable development. Biofuel production from plant biomass not only produces biofuel or ethanol but also coproduces products containing lignin, modified lignin, and lignin derivatives. The use of lignin-containing biofuel coproduct in pavement soil stabilization was explored as a new application area. The primary experimental test plan encompassed the comparison of coproduct-treated soils, untreated soils, and traditional stabilizer-treated soils in terms of their strengths. The focus of the secondary experimental test plan was to investigate the effect of additive combinations on strength improvement. The laboratory test matrix in each test plan included variations in additive type, additive content, curing period, and moisture condition. Statistical analyses were performed on unconfined compression strength test results to evaluate whether the strength improvements resulting from the addition of the coproducts to soils are significant. Results indicated that the biofuel coproducts are effective in stabilizing the Iowa Class 10 soil classified as CL or A-6(8). Strengths comparable to traditional additive (fly ash) could be obtained through the use of combined additives (Coproduct A + fly ash; Coproduct A + Coproduct B). The use of biofuel coproduct as a stabilization material for soil appears to be one of many viable answers to the profitability of the biobased products and the bioenergy business.

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Soil Stabilization with Bioenergy Coproduct

Ceylan

Gopalakrishnan

Kim

2010

Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation R

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“…42) since early 2007 on Biorefineries and has defined the entity clearly emphasizing the driving force from a broader context of sustainable development as (Van Ree and Annevelink 2007): "A biorefinery is the sustainable processing of biomass into a spectrum of marketable products and energy." In biorefinery development different stages can be discriminated, ranked into generations as has been done by Kamm & Kamm (Kamm and Kamm 2004). Generation I biorefineries are characterized by the lowest flexibility as feedstock type and products as well as resulting by-products are fixed.…”

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Overview of Biorefineries based on Co-Production of Furfural, Existing Concepts and Novel Developments

Jong¹,

Marcotullio²

2010

International Journal of Chemical Reactor Engineering

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At Delft University of Technology theoretical and experimental research is carried out towards selective production of furfural from renewable biomass. Furfural is an interesting molecule that has been identified as a platform chemical for a multitude of chemical products and fuel (additives).Acidic biomass hydrolysis and subsequent dehydration of the obtained C 5 sugar xylose leads to furfural. The reaction selectivity is a point of concern for reactor design, as furfural can further react to loss products. The residue of this process mainly consists of the remaining main biomass constituents, cellulose and lignin. Mineral matter is to a large extent extracted to the acid in the primary hydrolysis. This implies that the residue has the potential to be a better feedstock for thermo-chemical conversion, as e.g. alkali and chlorine species-now extracted-potentially cause different types of problems (slagging, fouling, agglomeration etc.).An interesting option for example might be to convert this improved feedstock into synthesis gas via a gasification process, which then needs to be conditioned and upgraded for the production of green transportation fuels. In this line, a new biorefinery generation is created, which selectively uses the hemi-cellulose part of biomass. An analysis is presented towards current (integrated) concepts for novel, * During the writing of the article our dear friend and colleague Henk Heidweiller passed away, we owe him a word of thanks for his contributions and ideas in the field of furfural production from biomass. The Delft Research Centre for Sustainable Industrial Processes (DC-SIP) is acknowledged for financial support via the "Biorefuge" project. Finally, Ir. Jan Dijk and Ir. Shengbin Ma are kindly acknowledged for their work and advises related to the process design part.Brought to you by | Bibliotheek TU Delft Authenticated | 172.16.1.226 Download Date | 8/14/12 8:54 AM improved furfural production process. This paper presents some current process concepts and a novel continuous process design.

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“…Due to the well-known problem of land competition between food and biomass feedstock dedicated crops, a growing number of studies investigate specifically the use of residues as a secondary source of energy or raw material. Food industry (both agriculture and food processing sectors is considered a relevant sector for bio-refineries (Ghatak, 2011;B. Kamm and M. Kamm, 2004), especially due to the potential use of food industry residues (e.g.…”

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Current options for the valorization of food manufacturing waste: a review

Mirabella

Castellani

Sala

2014

Journal of Cleaner Production

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The production of food waste covers all the food life cycle: from agriculture, up to industrial manufacturing and processing, retail and household consumption. In developed countries, 42% of food waste is produced by households, while 39% losses occur in the food manufacturing industry, 14% in food service sector and remaining 5% in retail and distribution. Increasingly, industrial ecology concepts such as cradle to cradle and circular economy are considered leading principle for eco-innovation, aiming at "zero waste economy" in which waste are used as raw material for new products and applications. The large amount of waste produced by the food industry, in addition to being a great loss of valuable materials, also raises serious management problems, both from the economic and environmental point of view. Many of these residues, however, have the potential to be reused into other production systems, trough e.g. biorefineries. The present work focuses on the use of food waste coming from food manufacturing (FWm). Through extensive literature review, the authors present feasibility and constraints of applying industrial symbiosis in recovering waste from food processing, focusing on recycling (excluding energy recovery) of the solid and liquid waste from food processing industry. The main uses of functional ingredients derived from this transformation are presented and discussed, highlighting mainstream sectors of application, e.g. in the nutraceutical and pharmaceutical industry.

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Principles of biorefineries

Cited by 826 publications

References 6 publications

Soil Stabilization with Bioenergy Coproduct

Soil Stabilization with Bioenergy Coproduct

Overview of Biorefineries based on Co-Production of Furfural, Existing Concepts and Novel Developments

Current options for the valorization of food manufacturing waste: a review

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