Cleaner production and downstream processing of bio-based 2, 3-butanediol: A review

S Xie, Z Li, G Zhu, W Song, C Yi - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Bio-based 2, 3-butanediol (2, 3-BD) has attracted more and more attention due to
the relatively high cost of its petro-based production and the emerging economic …

Aqueous two-phase systems based on ionic liquids and deep eutectic solvents as a tool for the recovery of non-protein bioactive compounds—a review

FS Buarque, GV Gautério, MAZ Coelho, AC Lemes… - Processes, 2022 - mdpi.com
Aqueous two-phase systems (ATPS) based on ionic liquids (IL) and deep eutectic solvents
(DES) are ecofriendly choices and can be used to selectively separate compounds of …

[HTML][HTML] Recent advances on bio-based isobutanol separation

C Fu, Z Li, C Jia, W Zhang, Y Zhang, C Yi… - Energy Conversion and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Bio-based isobutanol has attracted more and more attention due to its wide application and
excellent fuel performance. Compared with ethanol, isobutanol has higher energy density …

A review of salting-out effect and sugaring-out effect: driving forces for novel liquid-liquid extraction of biofuels and biochemicals

C Fu, Z Li, Z Sun, S Xie - Frontiers of Chemical Science and Engineering, 2021 - Springer
Biofuels and bio-based chemicals are getting more and more attention because of their
sustainable and renewable properties and wide industrial applications. However, the low …

Integration of carbon capture with heterogeneous catalysis toward methanol production: Chemistry, challenges, and opportunities

S Xie, Z Li, H Li, Y Fang - Catalysis Reviews, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Integrated carbon capture and utilization (ICCU) simplifies the CO2 utilization process by
converting chemically combined CO2 molecules into value-added chemicals, leading to a …

Sugaring-out plus salting-out: A novel separation and purification technique for biofuel

Z Sun, J Tan, G Zhou, H Huang, S Xie - Fuel, 2024 - Elsevier
Using fermentation-based alcohol fuel as a substitute for fossil fuels is one of the means to
alleviate the oil crisis and exhaust emissions. However, the low fermentation titer and the …

NaCl recovery from organic pollutants-containing salt waste via dual effects of aqueous two-phase systems (ATPS) and crystal regulation with acetone

J Li, J Zheng, X Peng, Z Dai, W Liu, H Deng, B Xi… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2020 - Elsevier
A large amount of salt waste accompanied with contaminants (eg, organic pollutants) is
produced in chemical production process, causing serious environmental hazards and …

Milestones in the development of liquid-phase extraction techniques

CF Poole - Liquid-phase extraction, 2020 - Elsevier
The evolution of apparatus and techniques for the liquid-phase extraction of gas, liquid, and
solid samples is described and their virtues placed in a modern context of the requirement …

Salting-out effect on the separation and purification of acetic esters: salting-out agents, theory, and applications

S Xie, Z Li, G Zhu - Separation & Purification Reviews, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
In the traditional production of acetic esters, water generated in the esterification reaction
can form azeotropes with the ester or the unreacted alcohol, which requires subsequent …

Techno-Economic Analysis of Upgrading Corn Stover-Based Acetone, n-Butanol, and Ethanol to Higher Ketones and Alcohols: Fuels or Fine Chemicals?

S Xie, Z Li, W Zhang - ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, 2023 - ACS Publications
Acetone–butanol–ethanol (ABE) fermentation is a traditional industrial exploitation with a
history of 100 years and the second largest fermentation industry in the world, second only …