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Economics and global warming potential of a commercial-scale delignifying biorefinery based on co-solvent enhanced lignocellulosic fractionation to produce alcohols, sustainable aviation fuels, and co-products from biomass

Bruno Colling Klein, Brent Scheidemantle, Rebecca Hanes, Andrew Bartling, Nicholas J. Grundl, Robin Clark, Mary J. Biddy, Ling Tao, Cong T. Trinh, Adam M. Guss, Charles E. Wyman, Arthur J. Ragauskas, Erin Webb, Brian H. Davison, Charles M. Cai

2023Energy & Environmental Science58 citationsDOIOpen Access PDF

Abstract

First-of-its-kind effort to understand full-scale multi-product biorefineries established upon co-solvent enhanced lignocellulosic fractionation (CELF) from an economic and environmental standpoint.

Topics & Concepts

BiorefineryLignocellulosic biomassBiomass (ecology)BiofuelEnvironmental scienceGlobal-warming potentialPulp and paper industryWaste managementAviationFractionationGlobal warmingChemistryGreenhouse gasNatural resource economicsEngineeringEconomicsClimate changeOrganic chemistryAgronomyEcologyBiologyAerospace engineeringBiofuel production and bioconversionCatalysis for Biomass ConversionMicrobial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction