Gas fermentation—a flexible platform for commercial scale production of low-carbon-fuels and chemicals from waste and renewable feedstocks

FM Liew, ME Martin, RC Tappel, BD Heijstra… - Frontiers in …, 2016 - frontiersin.org
There is an immediate need to drastically reduce the emissions associated with global fossil
fuel consumption in order to limit climate change. However, carbon-based materials …

Syngas fermentation process development for production of biofuels and chemicals: A review

X Sun, HK Atiyeh, RL Huhnke, RS Tanner - Bioresource Technology …, 2019 - Elsevier
Syngas is produced by thermochemical conversion, eg, pyrolysis and gasification, of
biomass, animal waste, coal, municipal solid waste and other carbonaceous materials, or …

Commercial biomass syngas fermentation

J Daniell, M Köpke, SD Simpson - Energies, 2012 - mdpi.com
The use of gas fermentation for the production of low carbon biofuels such as ethanol or
butanol from lignocellulosic biomass is an area currently undergoing intensive research and …

2, 3-Butanediol production by acetogenic bacteria, an alternative route to chemical synthesis, using industrial waste gas

M Köpke, C Mihalcea, FM Liew, JH Tizard… - Applied and …, 2011 - Am Soc Microbiol
Butanediol (23BD) is a high-value chemical usually produced petrochemically but which can
also be synthesized by some bacteria. To date, the best microbial 23BD production rates …

Bioconversion of synthesis gas to second generation biofuels: A review

M Mohammadi, GD Najafpour, H Younesi… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2011 - Elsevier
The ever increasing concerns over fluctuating price of oil and the possible future supply
constrains have reinforced the need for alternative fuel resources. Use of synthesis gas …

Next‐generation biofuels: survey of emerging technologies and sustainability issues

S Zinoviev, F Müller‐Langer, P Das, N Bertero… - …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Next‐generation biofuels, such as cellulosic bioethanol, biomethane from waste, synthetic
biofuels obtained via gasification of biomass, biohydrogen, and others, are currently at the …

[HTML][HTML] A review of conversion processes for bioethanol production with a focus on syngas fermentation

M Devarapalli, HK Atiyeh - Biofuel Research Journal, 2015 - biofueljournal.com
Bioethanol production from corn is a well-established technology. However, emphasis on
exploring non-food based feedstocks is intensified due to dispute over utilization of food …

Bioethanol production from biomass: carbohydrate vs syngas fermentation

D Kennes, HN Abubackar, M Diaz… - Journal of Chemical …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Environmental problems associated with the use of fossil fuels as well as their expected
scarcity in the near future requires a search for new alternative fuels produced from …

Fermentative production of ethanol from carbon monoxide

M Köpke, C Mihalcea, JC Bromley… - Current opinion in …, 2011 - Elsevier
'Too much Carbon Monoxide for me to bear…'are the opening lyrics of the CAKE song
Carbon Monoxide (from their 2004 album Pressure Chief), and while this may be the case …

Bioconversion of waste biomass to useful products

JL Grady, GJ Chen - US Patent 5,821,111, 1998 - Google Patents
A process is provided for converting waste biomass to useful products by gasifying the
biomass to produce Synthesis gas and converting the Synthesis gas Substrate to one or …