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Garcia-Vallejo MC, Cardona Alzate CA. Prefeasibility analysis of biomass gasification and electrolysis for hydrogen production. ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH 2024; 248:118003. [PMID: 38163544 DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2023.118003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/11/2023] [Revised: 12/10/2023] [Accepted: 12/19/2023] [Indexed: 01/03/2024]
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Hydrogen is a key energy vector to accomplishing energy transition and decarbonization goals proposed in the transport and industrial sectors worldwide. In recent years, research has focused on analyzing, designing, and optimizing hydrogen production, searching to improve economic prefeasibility with minimal emissions of polluting gases. Therefore, the techno-economic analysis of hydrogen production by electrolytic and gasification processes becomes relevant since these processes could compete commercially with industrial technologies such as SMR - Steam methane reforming. This work aims to analyze hydrogen production in stand-alone processes and energy-driven biorefineries. The gasification and electrolysis technologies were evaluated experimentally, and the yields obtained were input data for scaling up the processes through simulation tools. Biomass gasification is more cost-effective than electrolytic schemes since the hydrogen production costs were 4.57 USD/kg and 8.30 USD/kg at an annual production rate of 491.6 tons and 38.96 tons, respectively. Instead, the electrolysis process feasibility is strongly influenced by the recycled water rate and the electricity cost. A sensitivity analysis was performed to evaluate the temperature, pressure, and current density variability on the hydrogen production rate. The increase in pressure and current density induces parasitic currents while the temperature increases hydrogen production. Although higher hydrogen production rates from gasification, the syngas composition decreases the possibility of being implemented in applications where purity is critical.
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- Maria Camila Garcia-Vallejo
- Universidad Nacional de Colombia sede Manizales, Instituto de Biotecnología y Agroindustria, Laboratorio de Equilibrios Químicos y Cinética Enzimática, Departamento de Ingeniería Química, Km 07 vía al Magdalena, Manizales, Colombia
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- Universidad Nacional de Colombia sede Manizales, Instituto de Biotecnología y Agroindustria, Laboratorio de Equilibrios Químicos y Cinética Enzimática, Departamento de Ingeniería Química, Km 07 vía al Magdalena, Manizales, Colombia.
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Teke GM, Anye Cho B, Bosman CE, Mapholi Z, Zhang D, Pott RWM. Towards industrial biological hydrogen production: a review. World J Microbiol Biotechnol 2023; 40:37. [PMID: 38057658 PMCID: PMC10700294 DOI: 10.1007/s11274-023-03845-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/07/2023] [Accepted: 11/16/2023] [Indexed: 12/08/2023]
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Increased production of renewable energy sources is becoming increasingly needed. Amidst other strategies, one promising technology that could help achieve this goal is biological hydrogen production. This technology uses micro-organisms to convert organic matter into hydrogen gas, a clean and versatile fuel that can be used in a wide range of applications. While biohydrogen production is in its early stages, several challenges must be addressed for biological hydrogen production to become a viable commercial solution. From an experimental perspective, the need to improve the efficiency of hydrogen production, the optimization strategy of the microbial consortia, and the reduction in costs associated with the process is still required. From a scale-up perspective, novel strategies (such as modelling and experimental validation) need to be discussed to facilitate this hydrogen production process. Hence, this review considers hydrogen production, not within the framework of a particular production method or technique, but rather outlines the work (bioreactor modes and configurations, modelling, and techno-economic and life cycle assessment) that has been done in the field as a whole. This type of analysis allows for the abstraction of the biohydrogen production technology industrially, giving insights into novel applications, cross-pollination of separate lines of inquiry, and giving a reference point for researchers and industrial developers in the field of biohydrogen production.
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- G M Teke
- Department of Chemical Engineering, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, South Africa
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, South Africa
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, South Africa
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, South Africa.
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Liu T, Miao P, Shi Y, Tang KHD, Yap PS. Recent advances, current issues and future prospects of bioenergy production: A review. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2022; 810:152181. [PMID: 34883167 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.152181] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/11/2021] [Revised: 11/28/2021] [Accepted: 11/30/2021] [Indexed: 05/09/2023]
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With the immense potential of bioenergy to drive carbon neutrality and achieve the climate targets of the Paris Agreement, this paper aims to present the recent advances in bioenergy production as well as their limitations. The novelty of this review is that it covers a comprehensive range of strategies in bioenergy production and it provides the future prospects for improvement. This paper reviewed more than 200 peer-reviewed scholarly papers mainly published between 2010 and 2021. Bioenergy is derived from biomass, which, through thermochemical and biochemical processes, is converted into various forms of biofuels. This paper reveals that bioenergy production is temperature-dependent and thermochemical processes currently have the advantage of higher efficiency over biochemical processes in terms of lower response time and higher conversion. However, biochemical processes produce more volatile organic compounds and have lower energy and temperature requirements. The combination of the two processes could fill the shortcomings of a single process. The choices of feedstock are diverse as well. In the future, it can be anticipated that continuous technological development to enhance the commercial viability of different processes, as well as approaches of ensuring their sustainability, will be among the main aspects to be studied in greater detail.
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- Tianqi Liu
- Department of Civil Engineering, Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University, Suzhou 215123, China
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- Department of Civil Engineering, Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University, Suzhou 215123, China
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- Department of Architecture and Design, Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University, Suzhou, 215123, China
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- Environmental Science Program, Division of Science and Technology, Beijing Normal University-Hong Kong Baptist University United International College, Zhuhai 519087, China
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- Department of Civil Engineering, Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University, Suzhou 215123, China.
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de Faria DRG, de Medeiros JL, Araújo ODQF. Screening biorefinery pathways to biodiesel, green-diesel and propylene-glycol: A hierarchical sustainability assessment of process. JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT 2021; 300:113772. [PMID: 34560470 DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2021.113772] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/25/2020] [Revised: 09/07/2021] [Accepted: 09/16/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Plant design implies the best choice among a set of feedstock-to-product process pathways. Multiple sustainability performance indicators can blur the decision, and existing sustainability assessment methods usually focus only on environmental life-cycle performance and corporate metrics or solely on the gate-to-gate process. It is relevant to incorporate integrated system analysis to address sustainability comprehensively. To this end, the Sustainable Process Systems Engineering (S-PSE) method was previously introduced to select the most sustainable feedstock-process-product configuration via four-dimensional indicators (environment, efficiency, health-&-safety, and economic), and then pinpoint the sustainability hotspots of the best design to unveil possible improvements. This work expands S-PSE by adding new features: (i) cradle-to-gate environmental assessment; (ii) composition of flowsheets; (iii) new indicators; (iv) statistical screening of indicators; and (v) 2030 Agenda compliance. A biorefinery case-study demonstrates S-PSE: to select the best pathway from soybean-oil, palm-oil, and microalgae-oil to biodiesel, green-diesel, and propylene-glycol. Firstly, statistical screening reduces the indicator set by 62%. Results evince all routes from microalgae-oil as economically unfeasible due to oil cost, despite superior environmental performance. S-PSE evinces palm-oil-to-biodiesel as the most sustainable due to lower cradle-to-gate emissions and manufacturing cost, with sustainability hotspots associated to hazardous methanol input and energy-intensive distillations. 2030 Agenda analysis also outlines palm-oil-to-biodiesel as best for 5 out of 10 Sustainable Development Goals linked to the reduced indicator set.
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- Daniela Ramos G de Faria
- National Institute of Metrology, Quality and Technology, Av. Nossa Senhora das Graças, 50, Duque de Caxias, RJ, 25250-020, Brazil; Escola de Química, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, CT, E, Ilha do Fundão, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, 21941-909, Brazil
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- Escola de Química, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, CT, E, Ilha do Fundão, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, 21941-909, Brazil.
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- Escola de Química, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, CT, E, Ilha do Fundão, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, 21941-909, Brazil
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Aristizábal-Marulanda V, Solarte-Toro JC, Cardona Alzate CA. Study of biorefineries based on experimental data: production of bioethanol, biogas, syngas, and electricity using coffee-cut stems as raw material. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2021; 28:24590-24604. [PMID: 32594433 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-020-09804-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2019] [Accepted: 06/18/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Energy-driven biorefineries can be designed considering biotechnological and thermochemical conversion pathways. Nevertheless, energy and environmental comparisons are necessary to establish the best way to upgrade lignocellulosic biomass and set the requirements of these processes in different scenarios. This paper aims to evaluate experimentally a biorefinery producing energy vectors using coffee-cut stems (CCS) as feedstock. The obtained yields were the basis for energy and environmental analysis, in two different biorefinery scenarios: (i) production of bioethanol and biogas and (ii) production of syngas and electricity. The energy results indicated that the overall energy efficiency calculated in the first scenario was only 9.15%. Meanwhile, the second biorefinery configuration based on thermochemical routes presented an energy efficiency value of 70.89%. This difference was attributed to the higher consumption of utilities in the biorefinery based on biotechnological routes. The environmental results showed that the impact category of climate change for the first biorefinery (i.e., 0.0193 kg CO2 eq./MJ) had a lower value than that of the second process (i.e., 0.2377 kg CO2 eq./MJ). Thus, the biorefinery based on the biotechnological route presented a better environmental performance. Additionally, the results for both biorefineries allowed concluding that the inclusion of by-products and co-products in the calculation of the environmental analysis can dramatically affect the results.
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- Valentina Aristizábal-Marulanda
- Instituto de Biotecnología y Agroindustria, Departamento de Ingeniería Química, Universidad Nacional de Colombia sede Manizales, Km 07 vía al Magdalena, Zip Code: 170003, Manizales, Caldas, Colombia
- Facultad de Tecnologías, Escuela de Tecnología Química, Grupo Desarrollo de Procesos Químicos, Universidad Tecnológica de Pereira, Pereira, Colombia
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- Instituto de Biotecnología y Agroindustria, Departamento de Ingeniería Química, Universidad Nacional de Colombia sede Manizales, Km 07 vía al Magdalena, Zip Code: 170003, Manizales, Caldas, Colombia
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- Instituto de Biotecnología y Agroindustria, Departamento de Ingeniería Química, Universidad Nacional de Colombia sede Manizales, Km 07 vía al Magdalena, Zip Code: 170003, Manizales, Caldas, Colombia.
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Díaz Vargas CA, Solarte-Toro JC, Cuadros Veloza LW, Cardona Alzate CA, Restrepo-Parra E, Higuita JC. Cocaine degradation using a rotating biological disc reactor: Techno-economic and environmental analysis using experimental data. JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS 2021; 404:124219. [PMID: 33075627 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2020.124219] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/15/2020] [Revised: 09/19/2020] [Accepted: 10/06/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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A bacterial mixed culture that utilizes cocaine as the sole carbon and energy sources was isolated and used in a Rotary Disc Reactor as an alternative method for the final disposal of seized cocaine. This study aimed to compare the performances of cocaine incineration (oven) and biodegradation (Rotary Disc Reactor), considering economic and environmental aspects. There was a 99.4% cocaine removal efficiency when bacterial C1T consortium was grown in a Rotary Disc Reactor for 42 h. The economic analysis allowed determining the high potential of the biotechnological cocaine degradation to be evaluated at higher scales. Indeed, the unit disposition price of the biotechnological degradation pathway was 58% higher than the calculated value for the incineration process considering an initial cocaine concentration of 30 g/L. Moreover, the economic sensitivity analysis demonstrated a price reduction of 20% in the unit disposition price of the biotechnological degradation using a rotary disc reactor. Further, cocaine degradation using a rotary disc reactor system presented a better environmental performance than the incineration process considering atmospheric and toxicological impact categories because of the low release of hazardous materials to the atmosphere.
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- Carlos A Díaz Vargas
- Universidad Nacional de Colombia sede Manizales, Laboratorio de Ciencias Biológicas y Moleculares, Departamento de Ingeniería Química, Km 07 vía al Magdalena, Manizales, Colombia.
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- Universidad Nacional de Colombia sede Manizales, Instituto de Biotecnología y Agroindustria, Laboratorio de Equilibrios Químicos y Cinética Enzimática, Departamento de Ingeniería Química, Km 07 vía al Magdalena, Manizales, Colombia
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- International Center of Strategic Studies Against Drug Trafficking, Narcotics Division Policía Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá, Colombia
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- Universidad Nacional de Colombia sede Manizales, Instituto de Biotecnología y Agroindustria, Laboratorio de Equilibrios Químicos y Cinética Enzimática, Departamento de Ingeniería Química, Km 07 vía al Magdalena, Manizales, Colombia
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- Universidad Nacional de Colombia sede Manizales, Laboratorio de Física del Plasma, Departamento de Física y Química, Km 07 vía al Magdalena, Manizales, Colombia
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- Universidad Nacional de Colombia sede Manizales, Laboratorio de Ciencias Biológicas y Moleculares, Departamento de Ingeniería Química, Km 07 vía al Magdalena, Manizales, Colombia.
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Poveda-Giraldo J, Cardona Alzate C. A biorefinery for the valorization of marigold (Calendula officinalis) residues to produce biogas and phenolic compounds. FOOD AND BIOPRODUCTS PROCESSING 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.fbp.2020.10.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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de Faria DRG, Arinelli LDO, de Medeiros JL, Araújo ODQF. Novel ethylene oxide production with improved sustainability: Loss prevention via supersonic separator and carbon capture. JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT 2020; 269:110782. [PMID: 32425173 DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2020.110782] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/18/2019] [Revised: 05/10/2020] [Accepted: 05/12/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Sustainability must be always assured in process design. Not rarely, multiple sustainability criteria point oppositely, entailing a need for more systematic and coherent assessments. The Sustainable Process Systems Engineering method is introduced as a two-level hierarchical evaluation of process designs. The first level selects the best design via four-dimensional indicators (environment, efficiency, health-&-safety, and economic), while in the second level, sustainability hotspots of the best design are pinpointed to unveil possible improvements. The method is applied for sustainability assessment of two ethylene oxide processes: the conventional and a novel route employing supersonic separator to prevent ethylene oxide losses using liquid-water injection. Supersonic separator route reduces oxide losses by 83.33 kg/h, representing +0.9% greater ethylene oxide production, 95% less ethylene oxide losses, entailing 2.5% higher net value for 20 operation years despite 0.11% higher investment, and consequently exhibiting the best environmental, technical, health-&-safety and economic performances. Photochemical-oxidation and aquatic-ecotoxicity are environmental indicators with highest improvement due to supersonic separator inclusion. Ethylene oxidation reactor, carbon dioxide stripping-column and cooling-water tower are the main unit-operations with sustainability hotspots.
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- Daniela R G de Faria
- National Institute of Metrology, Quality and Technology, Av. Nossa Senhora das Graças, 50, Duque de Caxias, RJ, 25250-020, Brazil; Escola de Química, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, CT, E, Ilha do Fundão, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, 21941-909, Brazil
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- Escola de Química, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, CT, E, Ilha do Fundão, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, 21941-909, Brazil
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- Escola de Química, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, CT, E, Ilha do Fundão, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, 21941-909, Brazil.
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- Escola de Química, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, CT, E, Ilha do Fundão, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, 21941-909, Brazil
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Hernández B, Blázquez CG, Aristizábal-Marulanda V, Martı́n M. Production of H 2 and Methanol via Dark Fermentation: A Process Optimization Study. Ind Eng Chem Res 2020. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.iecr.0c03336] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Borja Hernández
- Departamento de Ingeniería Quı́mica y Textil, Universidad de Salamanca, Plaza Caı́dos 1-5, 37008 Salamanca, Spain
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- Departamento de Ingeniería Quı́mica y Textil, Universidad de Salamanca, Plaza Caı́dos 1-5, 37008 Salamanca, Spain
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- Facultad de Tecnologı́as, Escuela de Tecnologı́a Quı́mica, Grupo de Desarrollo de Procesos Quı́micos, Universidad Tecnológica de Pereira, 660003 Pereira, Colombia
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- Departamento de Ingeniería Quı́mica y Textil, Universidad de Salamanca, Plaza Caı́dos 1-5, 37008 Salamanca, Spain
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Reaño RL. Assessment of environmental impact and energy performance of rice husk utilization in various biohydrogen production pathways. BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY 2020; 299:122590. [PMID: 31865153 DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2019.122590] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/06/2019] [Revised: 12/06/2019] [Accepted: 12/08/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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This work aimed to compare the environmental impact and energy performance of rice husk utilization for biohydrogen production via different pathways using parameters and processes applicable in Southeast Asian countries. Six scenarios were developed by combining each selected biohydrogen production process - electrolysis, gasification and dark fermentation, with different energy production technology. The emission values and energy demand varies depending on the scenarios studied, highlighting the effect of different efficiencies of each biohydrogen production technology. The dark fermentation route has the least environmental impact and the highest energy conversion efficiency. Rice husk used in a co-generation plant to supply process energy creates a purely green technology. Biomass energy ratio provides a basis for the performance of each pathway in terms of the conversion efficiency, emissions and energy demand. The sensitivity analysis is used to identify key parameters and processes to improve the dark fermentation technology.
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- Resmond Lat Reaño
- Department of Engineering Science, College of Engineering and Agro-Industrial Technology, University of the Philippines Los Baños, Los Baños, Laguna 4031, Philippines.
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Yogeswari MK, Dharmalingam K, Mullai P. Implementation of artificial neural network model for continuous hydrogen production using confectionery wastewater. JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT 2019; 252:109684. [PMID: 31622794 DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2019.109684] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/15/2019] [Revised: 09/19/2019] [Accepted: 10/05/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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In the present study, an artificial neural network (ANN) was implemented to estimate the hydrogen production from confectionery wastewater. From the experimental investigation, it could be concluded that maximum COD removal efficiency of 99% and hydrogen production rate of 6570 mL/d was achieved at 7.00 kg COD/m3d and 24 h HRT. To validate this, a back propagation ANN configuration of 4-12-4-2 was opted. The modelling was performed using the input parameters like time, influent chemical oxygen demand (COD), effluent pH and volatile fatty acids (VFA). The correlation coefficient between the experimental and predicted hydrogen production rate was 0.996. The result of the tested data for hydrogen production rate was successful. The calculated average percentage error (APE) for hydrogen production rate was 0.0004. As the APE values were closer to zero, the trained ANN model fitted well with the experimental data.
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- M K Yogeswari
- Pollution Control Research Laboratory, Department of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Technology, Annamalai University, Annamalai Nagar, 608 002, Tamil Nadu, India.
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, Assam, 781039, India.
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- Pollution Control Research Laboratory, Department of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Technology, Annamalai University, Annamalai Nagar, 608 002, Tamil Nadu, India.
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Soto LR, Byrne E, van Niel EWJ, Sayed M, Villanueva CC, Hatti-Kaul R. Hydrogen and polyhydroxybutyrate production from wheat straw hydrolysate using Caldicellulosiruptor species and Ralstonia eutropha in a coupled process. BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY 2019; 272:259-266. [PMID: 30352368 DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2018.09.142] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/28/2018] [Revised: 09/27/2018] [Accepted: 09/28/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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This report presents an integrated biorefinery concept in which wheat straw hydrolysate was treated with co-cultures of osmotolerant thermophilic bacterial strains, Caldicellulosiruptor saccharolyticus and C. owensensis to obtain hydrogen, while the liquid effluent containing acetate and residual glucose was used as feed for polyhydroxybutyrate (PHB) production by Ralstonia eutropha. The Caldicellulosiruptor spp. co-culture consumed 10.8 g/L of pretreated straw sugars, glucose and xylose, producing 134 mmol H2/L. PHB accumulation by R. eutropha was first studied in minimal salts medium using acetate with/without glucose as carbon source. Addition of salts promoted cell growth and PHB production in the effluent. Fed-batch cultivation in a nitrogen limited medium with 40% (v/v) aeration resulted in a cell density of 15.1 g/L with PHB content of 80.1% w/w and PHB concentration of 12.1 g/L, while 20% aeration gave a cell density of 11.3 g/L with 83.4% w/w PHB content and 9.4 g/L PHB concentration.
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- Luis Romero Soto
- Biotechnology, Department of Chemistry, Center for Chemistry & Chemical Engineering, Lund University, Box 124, SE-221 00 Lund, Sweden; Instituto de Investigación y Desarrollo de Procesos Químicos(3), Facultad de Ingeniería, Universidad Mayor de San Andrés, P.O. Box 12958, La Paz, Bolivia
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- Applied Microbiology, Department of Chemistry, Center for Chemistry & Chemical Engineering, Lund University, Box 124, SE-221 00 Lund, Sweden
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- Applied Microbiology, Department of Chemistry, Center for Chemistry & Chemical Engineering, Lund University, Box 124, SE-221 00 Lund, Sweden
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- Biotechnology, Department of Chemistry, Center for Chemistry & Chemical Engineering, Lund University, Box 124, SE-221 00 Lund, Sweden
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- Instituto de Investigación y Desarrollo de Procesos Químicos(3), Facultad de Ingeniería, Universidad Mayor de San Andrés, P.O. Box 12958, La Paz, Bolivia
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- Biotechnology, Department of Chemistry, Center for Chemistry & Chemical Engineering, Lund University, Box 124, SE-221 00 Lund, Sweden.
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Bakonyi P, Kumar G, Bélafi-Bakó K, Kim SH, Koter S, Kujawski W, Nemestóthy N, Peter J, Pientka Z. A review of the innovative gas separation membrane bioreactor with mechanisms for integrated production and purification of biohydrogen. BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY 2018; 270:643-655. [PMID: 30213541 DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2018.09.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2018] [Revised: 09/02/2018] [Accepted: 09/03/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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This review article focuses on an assessment of the innovative Gas Separation Membrane Bioreactor (GS-MBR), which is an emerging technology because of its potential for in-situ biohydrogen production and separation. The GS-MBR, as a special membrane bioreactor, enriches CO2 directly from the headspace of the anaerobic H2 fermentation process. CO2 can be fed as a substrate to auxiliary photo-bioreactors to grow microalgae as a promising raw material for biocatalyzed, dark fermentative H2-evolution. Overall, these features make the GS-MBR worthy of study. To the best of the authors' knowledge, the GS-MBR has not been studied in detail to date; hence, a comprehensive review of this topic will be useful to the scientific community.
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- Péter Bakonyi
- Research Institute of Bioengineering, Membrane Technology and Energetics, University of Pannonia, Egyetem u. 10, 8200 Veszprém, Hungary
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- Institute of Chemistry, Bioscience and Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Science and Technology, University of Stavanger, Box 8600 Forus, 4036 Stavanger, Norway; School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Yonsei University, Seoul 03722, Republic of Korea
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- Research Institute of Bioengineering, Membrane Technology and Energetics, University of Pannonia, Egyetem u. 10, 8200 Veszprém, Hungary
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- School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Yonsei University, Seoul 03722, Republic of Korea.
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- Faculty of Chemistry, Department of Physical Chemistry, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, Gagarin Street 7, 87-100, Toruń, Poland
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- Faculty of Chemistry, Department of Physical Chemistry, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, Gagarin Street 7, 87-100, Toruń, Poland
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- Research Institute of Bioengineering, Membrane Technology and Energetics, University of Pannonia, Egyetem u. 10, 8200 Veszprém, Hungary
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- Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry, AS CR, Heyrovsky Sq. 2, 162 06 Prague 6, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry, AS CR, Heyrovsky Sq. 2, 162 06 Prague 6, Czech Republic
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Serna-Loaiza S, Martínez A, Pisarenko Y, Cardona-Alzate CA. Integral use of plants and their residues: the case of cocoyam (Xanthosoma sagittifolium) conversion through biorefineries at small scale. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2018; 25:35949-35959. [PMID: 29796887 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-018-2313-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/03/2017] [Accepted: 05/13/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
Abstract
During last decades, there has been a growing interest of decreasing the environmental impact generated by humans. This situation has been approached from different perspectives being the integral use of raw materials as one of the best alternatives. It was estimated that 3.7 × 109 tonnes of agricultural residues are produced annually worldwide. Then, the integral use of feedstocks has been studied through the biorefinery concept. A biorefinery can be a promissory option for processing feedstocks in rural zones aiming to boost the techno-economic and social growth. However, many plants produced at small scale in rural zones without high industrial use contribute with residues usually not studied as raw materials for other processes. Cocoyam (Xanthosoma sagittifolium) is a plant grown extensively in tropical regions. Nigeria, China, and Ghana are the main producers with 1.3, 1.18, and 0.9 million tonnes/year, respectively. In Colombia, there are no technified crops, but it is used where it is grown mainly as animal feed. This plant consists of leaves, stem, and a tuber but the use is generally limited to the leaves, discarding the other parts. These discarded parts have great potential (lignocellulose and starch). This work proposes different processing schemes using the parts of the plant to obtain value-added products, and their techno-economic and environmental assessment. The simulation was performed with Aspen Plus and the economic package was used for the economic assessment. For the environmental assessment, Waste Algorithm Reduction of the U.S. EPA was implemented. The obtained results showed that the integral use of plants under a biorefinery scheme allows obtaining better techno-economic and environmental performance and that small-scale biorefineries can be a promissory option for boosting rural zones.
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- Sebastián Serna-Loaiza
- Instituto de Biotecnología y Agroindustria, Universidad Nacional de Colombia Sede Manizales, Manizales, Caldas, Colombia
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- Instituto de Biotecnología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City, Mexico
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- Moscow State Academy of Fine Chemical Technology, Moscow, Russia
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- Instituto de Biotecnología y Agroindustria, Universidad Nacional de Colombia Sede Manizales, Manizales, Caldas, Colombia.
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Gomes DG, Serna-Loaiza S, Cardona CA, Gama M, Domingues L. Insights into the economic viability of cellulases recycling on bioethanol production from recycled paper sludge. BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY 2018; 267:347-355. [PMID: 30029181 DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2018.07.056] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/20/2018] [Revised: 07/08/2018] [Accepted: 07/09/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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The economics of Recycled Paper Sludge conversion into ethanol was here assessed with emphasis on integrating a cellulase recycling system. Without cellulases recycling this process presented positive economic outputs (payback period of 7.85 years; 10.90 Million US$ of accumulated NPV) despite the modest ethanol titers. Recycling both free and solid-bound enzymes allowed considerable savings of enzyme but also an increase on annual costs (0.88%), resulting on a superior economic output: payback period decreased to 7.25 years; accumulated NPV increased to 14.44 Million US$. Recycling exclusively the liquid fraction enabled a clear costs reduction, however, also total ethanol decreased, attenuating the abovementioned benefits. Targeting higher ethanol concentrations, superior solids consistencies were also evaluated. Despite a costs reduction, total ethanol decreased due to a higher ethanol retention on the solid. A sensitivity analysis further revealed that the cost of enzymes and ultrafiltration membrane may be critical on enzyme recycling economic feasibility.
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- Daniel G Gomes
- Centre of Biological Engineering, University of Minho, Campus de Gualtar, 4710-057 Braga, Portugal
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- Instituto de Biotecnología y Agroindustria, Universidad Nacional de Colombia Sede Manizales, Manizales-Caldas, Colombia
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- Instituto de Biotecnología y Agroindustria, Universidad Nacional de Colombia Sede Manizales, Manizales-Caldas, Colombia
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- Centre of Biological Engineering, University of Minho, Campus de Gualtar, 4710-057 Braga, Portugal
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- Centre of Biological Engineering, University of Minho, Campus de Gualtar, 4710-057 Braga, Portugal.
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Wu J, Zhao T, Zhang R, Xu R, Gao J, Yao J. Supramolecular Nanofiber Templated Metal-embedded Nitrogen-doped Carbon Nanotubes for Efficient Electrocatalysis of Oxygen Evolution Reaction. Z Anorg Allg Chem 2018. [DOI: 10.1002/zaac.201800373] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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- Jin Wu
- Institute of Fiber based New Energy Materials; The Key laboratory of Advanced Textile Materials and Manufacturing Technology of Ministry of Education; Zhejiang Sci-Tech University; 310018 Hangzhou P. R. China
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- Institute of Fiber based New Energy Materials; The Key laboratory of Advanced Textile Materials and Manufacturing Technology of Ministry of Education; Zhejiang Sci-Tech University; 310018 Hangzhou P. R. China
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- Institute of Fiber based New Energy Materials; The Key laboratory of Advanced Textile Materials and Manufacturing Technology of Ministry of Education; Zhejiang Sci-Tech University; 310018 Hangzhou P. R. China
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- Institute of Fiber based New Energy Materials; The Key laboratory of Advanced Textile Materials and Manufacturing Technology of Ministry of Education; Zhejiang Sci-Tech University; 310018 Hangzhou P. R. China
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- Institute of Fiber based New Energy Materials; The Key laboratory of Advanced Textile Materials and Manufacturing Technology of Ministry of Education; Zhejiang Sci-Tech University; 310018 Hangzhou P. R. China
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- Institute of Fiber based New Energy Materials; The Key laboratory of Advanced Textile Materials and Manufacturing Technology of Ministry of Education; Zhejiang Sci-Tech University; 310018 Hangzhou P. R. China
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Solarte-Toro JC, Chacón-Pérez Y, Cardona-Alzate CA. Evaluation of biogas and syngas as energy vectors for heat and power generation using lignocellulosic biomass as raw material. ELECTRON J BIOTECHN 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ejbt.2018.03.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 83] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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Fermentation, thermochemical and catalytic processes in the transformation of biomass through efficient biorefineries. Catal Today 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cattod.2017.09.034] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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