Effect of Feedstock Variability, Feedstock Blends, and Pretreatment Conditions on Sugar Yield and Production Costs

Autor: Yudong Li, Ling Tao, Nick Nagle, Melvin Tucker, Xiaowen Chen, Erik M. Kuhn

Publikováno v: Frontiers in Energy Research, Vol 9 (2022)

Mass production of sustainable biofuels replacing fossil fuels will significantly reduce global greenhouse gas emissions. However, biomass feedstock variability, availability, and affordability pose significant risks for the sustainable production of

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An alternative biorefinery approach to address microalgal seasonality: blending with spent coffee grounds

Autor: Eric P. Knoshaug, Tao Dong, Philip T. Pienkos, Christopher J. Chuck, Ryan Spiller, Bonnie Panczak, Andre Prates Pereira, Nick Nagle

Publikováno v: Pereira, A P, Dong, T, Knoshaug, E P, Nagle, N, Spiller, R, Panczak, B, Chuck, C J & Pienkos, P T 2020, ' An alternative biorefinery approach to address microalgal seasonality : Blending with spent coffee grounds ', Sustainable Energy and Fuels, vol. 4, no. 7, pp. 3400-3408 . https://doi.org/10.1039/d0se00164c

An effective method for the production of fuels and chemicals from microalgae is to ferment the carbohydrate fraction, extract the lipids and convert the resulting solids through hydrothermal liquefaction (HTL). In this process, known as Combined Alg

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https://doi.org/10.1039/d0se00164c

Pretreatment and fermentation of salt-water grown algal biomass as a feedstock for biofuels and high-value biochemicals

Autor: Eric P. Knoshaug, Tao Dong, Nick Nagle, Ryan Spiller, Philip T. Pienkos

Publikováno v: Algal Research. 36:239-248

Utilization of halotolerant algal strains and saline water resources is necessary to increase the areas available for algal cultivation and to mitigate fresh water use issues. However, the added salt content from salt-water algae cultivation may impa

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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.algal.2018.10.024

Demonstration of parallel algal processing: production of renewable diesel blendstock and a high-value chemical intermediate

Autor: Jacob S. Kruger, Tao Dong, Deb A. Hyman, Lorenz P. Manker, David G. Brandner, Earl Christensen, Nick Nagle, Eric P. Knoshaug, Eric M. Karp, Philip T. Pienkos, Jonathan J. Stickel, Ali Mohagheghi, Nicholas A. Rorrer

Publikováno v: Green Chemistry. 20:457-468

Co-production of high-value chemicals such as succinic acid from algal sugars is a promising route to enabling conversion of algal lipids to a renewable diesel blendstock. Biomass from the green alga Scenedesmus acutus was acid pretreated and the res

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https://doi.org/10.1039/c7gc02295f

The effects of physical and chemical preprocessing on the flowability of corn stover

Autor: Nathan C. Crawford, Jonathan J. Stickel, David A. Sievers, Nick Nagle

Publikováno v: Biomass and Bioenergy. 85:126-134

Continuous and reliable feeding of biomass is essential for successful biofuel production. However, the challenges associated with biomass solids handling are commonly overlooked. In this study, we examine the effects of preprocessing (particle size

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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biombioe.2015.12.015