Fungal‐Based Biorefinery: From Renewable Resources to Organic Acids

Four Carbon Oxychemicals from Renewable Resources

Butanol, butyric acid and butyraldehyde are important 4-carbon oxychemicals typically generated from petro-chemical sources. All have significant markets in the food industry either for direct use as flavorings or as chemical feedstocks for generating butyric acid and butyraldehyde derived flavour compounds. Strong consumer sentiment against the consumption of petro-chemical derived products yi...

Hierarchical Composites Made Entirely from Renewable Resources

Recent interest in the utilisation of greener materials has reinitiated the interest in natural fibres and/or fibrils as reinforcement for polymers. However, such bio-based composites often exhibit properties that fall short of expectations due to (i) inadequate processing conditions, resulting in filler agglomeration and poor filler dispersion within the matrix, (ii) variations in natural fibr...

Cbiogas as Renewable Energy from Organic Waste

Biohydrogen Production from Renewable Organic Wastes

Objectives • Investigate different strategies for selective growth of hydrogen-producing bacteria (e.g., heat selection and pH control, hydraulic loading) in a mixed culture environment. • Determine the biokinetics parameters of hydrogen-producing microorganisms. • Identify and quantify hydrogen-producing bacterial population in a complex microbial community background using nucleic acid based ...

Fueling America Through Renewable Resources

Introduction Biomass energy has received much attention in recent years. We now use about one third of the U.S. corn crop for biofuels. More recently, attention has focused on cellulosic resources—dedicated energy crops like switchgrass, miscanthus, and corn stover. Now the question has been raised concerning the economics of collecting just the corn cobs for energy instead of the stover. This ...