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Showing 1 to 20 of 71 for “"Biorefinery"”.
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Linking process-level biorefinery innovations to systems-scale sustainability
Submission published under a 24 month embargo labeled 'Closed Access', the embargo will last until 2027-05-01
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Improving estimates of biorefinery sustainability via enhanced consideration of location
Submission published under a 24 month embargo labeled 'Closed Access', the embargo will last until 2026-08-01
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In Vitro Synthetic Biology Platform and Protein Engineering for Biorefinery
… would become a cornerstone technology for biorefinery industries and advanced biomanufacturing (Biomanufacturing 4.0).
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Opuntia ficus-indica: a biorefinery integrated process for the valorization of cladodes
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Integrated Process Design and Techno-Economic Analysis of A Grape Pomace Biorefinery
Grape pomace (GP) is one of the most abundant and underutilized fruit-derived wastes. GP is generated during winemaking, occupying over 60% of the total solid winery wastes. GP may cause serious environmental problems if it is not properly handled. On the other hand, it is rich in valuable …
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Preliminary framework for quantitative sustainable design of redox-mediated electrodialysis for biorefinery separations
Electrodialysis (ED) is an electrochemical unit operation that may help advance the production of bio-based organic acids, including succinic acid. Redox-ED is one particular class of electrochemical technology that can contain novel layer-by-layer (LBL) membranes and employ a modified cell pair …
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Sustainable biorefinery schemes for the recovery of energy, material and nutrient of residual biomass
Las actividades agrícolas son una fuente constante de biomasa residual que no suele tener un valor añadido durante las actividades de recolección o a lo largo de la industria de transformación de la materia prima, lo que afecta al medio ambiente donde se desarrollan estas actividades. La biomasa …
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Investigating cultivation and biorefinery process techniques on the microalgae Porphyridium aerugineum and Chromochloris zofingiensis
Biorefinery processes offer the opportunity to improve the economic viability and sustainability of the microalgae industry by concurrent production of multiple products from a single source of biomass. In this thesis, two species, Porphyridium aerugineum and Chromochloris zofingiensis, were …
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Biorefinery feedstock availability and price variability : case study of the Peace River region, Alberta
… an agricultural residue-based (straw and chaff) biorefinery and to determine the range of delivered prices. The Peace River region of Alberta was used as a case study for analysis, with a geographic information system utilized for data analysis. Inter-year availability of crop residues was highly …
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Twin screw extrusion pre-treatment of wheat straw for biofuel and lignin biorefinery applications
Pre-treatment of wheat straw(lignocellulosic) biomass is a crucial step as it has direct impact on the subsequent yield of enzymatic saccharification and alcohol fermentation processes in the production of biofuel. Twin screw extrusion is a highly feasible pretreatment method and has been received …
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Water requirement for biorefinery to meet the renewable fuel standard in the contiguous United States
… water availability, and water requirements for biorefinery technologies. The multi-faceted nature of biofuel development, including feedstock production, water availability, transportation cost, biorefinery capacity, and biorefinery benefits and costs, is addressed through the delineation of a …
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Advanced anaerobic treatment for energy recovery and improved process economics in the management of biorefinery wastewaters
… their coproducts. This study set out to improve biorefinery process economics and enable more robust techno-economic analyses (TEAs) through a focused analysis and evaluation of the wastewater treatment process and more specifically, the anaerobic treatment system design. To this effect, this …
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A holistic framework to guide decision-making in the valorisation of biorefinery side-streams from a circularity and sustainability point of view
Esta tesis se enfoca en mejorar la toma de decisiones de la industria sobre el diseño y la escalabilidad de procesos para valorizar efluentes dentro del contexto de la bioeconomía circular y la sostenibilidad. Se centra en la industria de biocombustibles y busca identificar el efluente más …
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Techno-economic analysis and environmental assessment of isobutene, sustainable aviation fuel, omega-3 and omega-6 oils, and sophorolipid production in integrated sugarcane biorefineries
… bioproducts for integration into a sugarcane biorefinery, including isobutene (IBN) and sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) derived from it, omega-3 oils (docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) and eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA)), omega-6 oil (arachidonic acid (ARA)), and biosurfactants (sophorolipids (SL)). …
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The design of a bioenergy potential map and a GIS-enabled optimization model for biofuel production in India
… supply chain management in the industry. To help biorefinery operators make strategic decisions, this study develops a model that optimizes and evaluates the economic viability of bioenergy/biofuel production technologies in India. To enhance the accuracy of the simulation, bioenergy potential is …
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Incorporation of location-specific parameters and policy incentives in the Techno-Economic Analysis (TEA) of biorefineries
… contextual parameters and existing incentives on biorefinery economics while simultaneously considering a range of biorefinery operating conditions under uncertainty using BioSTEAM. Location-specific parameters and incentives were characterized by their effect on a lipidcane biorefinery’s minimum …
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Engineering functional biomaterials to advance environmental and resource sustainability
… for phosphate conversion and recovery from biorefinery waste streams. These findings contribute to advancing innovative biosorptive and biocatalytic technologies, addressing critical resource recovery challenges, and promoting sustainable management of phosphorus and rare earth elements, …
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Techno-economic analysis of jet fuel production from waste vegetable oil in Mexico
… economic feasibility of building and operating a biorefinery that converts waste vegetable oils into transportation fuels in Mexico. The hydroprocessing technology selected produces predominately diesel and jet fuel that can be used and blended with the existing fossil fuel infrastructure. The …
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Exploring the factors at play to make wastewater biorefineries a reality
… is reviewed and evaluated. The wastewater biorefinery is conceptualised in the context of current wastewater treatment technologies and a set of evaluation criteria is developed. A multi-reactor setup is suggested in which wastewater is used, in series, as substrate by heterotrophic …
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Sustainability implications of carbon delivery in microalgae cultivation for the production of biofuel
… methods of carbon to a production-scale algal biorefinery. Five primary carbon sources were considered: atmospheric CO2; CO2 from direct chemical or power plant waste emissions; CO2 that has been concentrated from waste sources and compressed; inorganic carbon in the form of sodium bicarbonate …
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