Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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10395280 | Bioresource Technology | 2011 | 8 Pages |
Abstract
Long-term air-lime pretreatment/mixed-culture fermentation (ALP/MCF) is a novel bioprocessing strategy by which agriculture residues and herbaceous perennials (e.g., sugarcane trash, sugarcane bagasse, switchgrass, and corn stover) are converted into carboxylate salts. In the MixAlco⢠process, the resulting salts are readily transformed into a wide variety of liquid transportation fuels (e.g., ethanol, butanol, mixed alcohols, gasoline, jet fuel) and commodity chemicals (e.g., acetic acid, acetone, ethyl acetate) via well-established petrochemical processes. The ALP/MCF bioprocessing strategy relieves logistics issues of biomass storage, simplifies bioconversion through ultimate consolidated bioprocessing (UCBP), and provides a biomass-biocrude-bioproduct route for both developed and developing countries.
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Authors
Balasubramaniyan Nachiappan, Zhihong Fu, Mark T. Holtzapple,