Toward low-cost biological and hybrid biological/catalytic conversion of cellulosic biomass to fuels

LR Lynd, GT Beckham, AM Guss… - Energy & …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Develo** economically viable, scalable, and sustainable technologies for the conversion
of lignocellulosic polysaccharides to liquid fuels is widely seen as a centerpiece of the …

Microbial production of advanced biofuels

J Keasling, H Garcia Martin, TS Lee… - Nature Reviews …, 2021 - nature.com
Concerns over climate change have necessitated a rethinking of our transportation
infrastructure. One possible alternative to carbon-polluting fossil fuels is biofuels produced …

Prediction of organic homolytic bond dissociation enthalpies at near chemical accuracy with sub-second computational cost

PC St. John, Y Guan, Y Kim, S Kim, RS Paton - Nature communications, 2020 - nature.com
Bond dissociation enthalpies (BDEs) of organic molecules play a fundamental role in
determining chemical reactivity and selectivity. However, BDE computations at sufficiently …

Toward net-zero sustainable aviation fuel with wet waste–derived volatile fatty acids

NA Huq, GR Hafenstine, X Huo, H Nguyen… - Proceedings of the …, 2021 - pnas.org
With the increasing demand for net-zero sustainable aviation fuels (SAF), new conversion
technologies are needed to process waste feedstocks and meet carbon reduction and cost …

Catalytic advancements in carboxylic acid ketonization and its perspectives on biomass valorisation

B Boekaerts, BF Sels - Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, 2021 - Elsevier
Ketonization of (biomass) carboxylic acids is increasingly showing its potential as upgrading
strategy to renewable fuels and chemicals. Due to the growing amount of recent studies, an …

Rapid and mild fractionation of hemicellulose through recyclable mandelic acid pretreatment

S Wang, B Liu, J Liang, F Wang, Y Bao, C Qin… - Bioresource …, 2023 - Elsevier
The development of organic acid pretreatments from biological sources is essential to
facilitate the progress of green and sustainable chemistry. In this study, the effectiveness of …

Molecular design of fuels for maximum spark-ignition engine efficiency by combining predictive thermodynamics and machine learning

L Fleitmann, P Ackermann, J Schilling… - Energy & …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Co-design of alternative fuels and future spark-ignition (SI) engines allows very high engine
efficiencies to be achieved. To tailor the fuel's molecular structure to the needs of SI engines …

Process intensification for the biological production of the fuel precursor butyric acid from biomass

D Salvachua, PO Saboe, RS Nelson, C Singer… - Cell Reports Physical …, 2021 - cell.com
The production of fuels from lignocellulosic biomass is key to reduce our reliance on
petroleum and to promote a sustainable bioeconomy. Butyric acid (BA) is a promising …