Guest Editors:
Peiyong Qin, PhD, College of life science and technology, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, China
Di Cai, PhD, National Energy R&D Center for Biorefinery, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, China
Peiyong Qin,PhD, College of life science and technology, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, China
Di Cai, PhD, National Energy R&D Center for Biorefinery, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, China
Biomanufacturing of renewable liquid fuels, such as ethanol and n-butanol, from biomass is a critical direction for carbon neutrality. However, in contrast to the mature bioalcohols industry that based on the first-generation sugar and starch-containing raw ingredients, there is still a significant gap between the scale of ambition and commercialization in the second- and third- generations bioalcohols production from abundant lignocellulose and industrial waste gas. In recent years, increasingly more studies have emerged, which are focusing on the development of alternative techniques for maximizing the environmental and economics of the bioalcohols production from raw biomass feedstocks.
This special collection of Biotechnology for Biofuels aims to gather high-quality research outcomes on the recent advances in biorefinery for bioalcohols production. Specifically, the collection will cover the following topics (but are not limited to): the fractionation of lignocellulose, the development of renewable sugars platform, the construction of bioalcohols producing strain, the strengthening of fermentation and downstream separation processes, the waste streams management and valorization, and the upgrading of the bioalcohols. Special consideration will be given to studies investigating the 鈥渮ero carbon鈥� or 鈥渃arbon negative鈥� biorefinery processes for bioalcohols. Research focused on the supply chain of biomass feedstocks, the techno-economic analysis, and life-cycle assessment are also encouraged.
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The use of ionic liquids (ILs) to fractionate lignocelluloses for various bio-based chemicals productions is in the ascendant. On this basis, the protic ILs consisting of triethylammonium hydrogen sulfate ([TE...
Recent publications have shown the benefits of deacetylation disc-refining (DDR) as a pretreatment process to deconstruct biomass into sugars and lignin residues. Major advantages of DDR pretreatment over stea...
The present work models the fermentation process parameters of the newly isolated, Meyerozyma caribbica CP02 for enhanced xylitol production and its fermentability study on rice straw hydrolysate. The study exami...
Isopropanol (IPA) is a commodity chemical used as a solvent or raw material for polymeric products, such as plastics. Currently, IPA production depends largely on high-CO2-emission petrochemical methods that are ...
A large amount of greenhouse gases, such as carbon dioxide and methane, are released during the production process of bioethanol and biogas. Converting CO2 into methane is a promising way of capturing CO2 and gen...
The effective valorization of lignin and carbohydrates in lignocellulose matrix under the concept of biorefinery is a primary strategy to produce sustainable chemicals and fuels. Based on the reductive catalyt...
Alternative biofuels have the potential to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and particulate matter due to free of aromatics compared to traditional petroleum-based aviation fuel. The potential mitigating emissi...
Agar is used as a gelling agent that possesses a variety of biological properties; it consists of the polysaccharides agarose and porphyrin. In addition, the monomeric sugars generated after agar hydrolysis ca...
Lignocellulose, the most abundant non-edible feedstock on Earth, holds substantial potential for eco-friendly chemicals, fuels, and pharmaceuticals production. Glucose, xylose, and arabinose are primary compon...
Alternative aviation fuel has been confirmed benefits for GHGs reduction and energy saving. Alternative fuel use should meet drop-in fuel requirement, and one of the important factors to ensure combustion comp...
High substrate concentrations and high sugar yields are important aspects of enzymatic saccharification of lignocellulosic substrates. The benefit of supporting the catalytic action of lytic polysaccharide mon...
l-Leucine is a high-value amino acid with promising applications in the medicine and feed industries. However, the complex metabolic network and intracellular redox imbalance in fermentative microbes limit thei.....
Traditional bioethanol fermentation industries are not operated under strict sterile conditions and are prone to microbial contamination. Lactic acid bacteria (LAB) are often pervasive in fermentation tanks, c...
Clostridium thermocellum is a natively cellulolytic bacterium that is promising candidate for cellulosic biofuel production, and can produce ethanol at high yields (75鈥�80% of theoretical) but the ethanol titers p...
Sustainably produced renewable biomass has the potential to replace fossil-based feedstocks, for generation of biobased fuels and chemicals of industrial interest, in biorefineries. In this context, seaweeds c...
Xylo-oligomers are a kind of high value-added products in biomass fractionation. Although there are several chemical methods to obtain xylo-oligomers from biomass, the reports about the deep eutectic solvents ...
Biofilm-immobilized continuous fermentation has the potential to enhance cellular environmental tolerance, maintain cell activity and improve production efficiency.
The efficient production of sustainable biofuels is important for the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions. Clostridium thermocellum ATCC 27405 is a candidate for ethanol production from lignocellulosic biomass ...
Many fresh water bodies face a great challenge of an invasive weed called water hyacinth (WH) which has great impacts on the environment, ecology, and society. Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) estimates...
Lignocellulose-derived aldehyde inhibitors seriously blocked the biorefinery of biofuels and biochemicals. To date, the economic production of lignocellulose-based products heavily relied on high productivitie...
As one of the most abundant bioresource in nature, the value-added utilization of lignocellulosic biomass is limited due to its inherent stubbornness. Pretreatment is a necessary step to break down the recalci...
Lignocellulosic biomass is an attractive non-food feedstock for lactic acid production via microbial conversion due to its abundance and low-price, which can alleviate the conflict with food supplies. However,...
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