The growth of the biobased economy will lead to an increase in new biorefinery activities. All biorefineries face the regular challenges of efficiently and economically treating their effluent to be compatible with local discharge requirements and to minimize net water consumption. The amount of wastes resulting from biorefineries industry is exponentially growing. The valorization of such wast...

• Enzymes combined with artificial membranes in biorefinery promote process intensification. The use of MBRs permit enzymes re-use and increased stability. removal enzyme inhibitors continuous operation. MBR biofuels, phytotherapics food ingredients production was analyzed. In this review, for the first time, conjugation major types used biorefineries membrane processes to develop different con...

The design, modeling and simulation of an integrated biorefinery plant assumed to convert different forestry assortments such as sawdust or shavings (sawmill waste) into bioethanol from cellulose hemicellulose the main product, lignin most valuable co-product, was carried out. proposed lignocellulosic ethanol simulated with ProSimPlus. model based on experimental results includes Organosolv pre...

This manuscript describes the conceptual process design of an integrated xylitol biorefinery with value-added co-products. Based on existing three-step framework, main product a second-generation is chosen in first stage. upon this, other decisions as feedstock and co-products are made. All relevant unit operations for introduced. An initial superstructure all potential alternatives composed in...

Biorefinery, an example of a multiple products system, integrates biomass conversion processes and equipment to produce fuels, power and chemicals from biomass. This study focuses on technical design, economic and environmental analysis of a lignocellulosic feedstock (LCF) biorefinery producing ethanol, succinic acid, acetic acid and electricity. As the potential worldwide demand of succinic ac...

The acid hydrolysis of lignocellulosic material (LM) is one of the most widely studied and important subprocess in the LM biorefinery. After acid hydrolysis, LM can be converted to various biofuels, biochemicals, and biomaterials through chemical or biochemical methods. However, conventional LM acid hydrolysis is not regarded as a cost-effective and environmentally-friendly process because it h...

Seaweeds (macroalgae) have been recently attracting more and more interest as a third generation feedstock for bioenergy and biofuels. However, several barriers impede the deployment of competitive seaweed-based energy. The high cost associated to seaweed farming and harvesting, as well as their seasonal availability and biochemical composition currently make macroalgae exploitation too expensi...