Biorefineries as the base for accomplishing the sustainable development goals (SDGs) and the transition to bioeconomy: Technical aspects, challenges and …

JC Solarte-Toro, CAC Alzate - Bioresource technology, 2021 - Elsevier
Sustainable development goals (SDGs) are guidelines to improve the socio-economic and
environmental worldwide situation caused by excessive fossil fuel use. These goals must be …

A framework for the design and analysis of integrated multi-product biorefineries from agricultural and forestry wastes

NM Clauser, FE Felissia, MC Area… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2021 - Elsevier
Sustainable biomass valorization, as agricultural and forestry wastes, and the development
of conversion processes could bring additional benefits like solving the residue disposal …

Thermochemical processing of woody biomass: A review focused on energy-driven applications and catalytic upgrading

JC Solarte-Toro, JA González-Aguirre… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2021 - Elsevier
The use of fossil fuels as an energy source and platform of fuel additives can be decreased
through the use of woody biomass as a raw material in different conversion processes. In …

Environmental life cycle assessment (E-LCA) and social impact assessment (SIA) of small-scale biorefineries implemented in rural zones: the avocado (Persea …

JC Solarte-Toro, M Ortiz-Sanchez… - … Science and Pollution …, 2023 - Springer
The objective of this study is to compare the environmental and social performance of two
small-scale avocado biorefineries implanted in a rural zone in the North of Colombia. Two …

Energy, economic, and environmental assessment of the integrated production of palm oil biodiesel and sugarcane ethanol

EAO Batlle, JCE Palacio, EES Lora, EDC Bortoni… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2021 - Elsevier
The key objective of this study was to evaluate and compare, within the concept of integrated
biorefining, the potential environmental gains of the life cycle, economic feasibility and …

Review of the impact of socio-economic conditions on the development and implementation of biorefineries

JC Solarte-Toro, M Laghezza, S Fiore, F Berruti… - Fuel, 2022 - Elsevier
Biorefineries have been studied, involving technical, economic, and environmental aspects.
Substantial research has identified many pathways for producing chemicals and fuels from …

Accelerating manufacturing for biomass conversion via integrated process and bench digitalization: a perspective

SP Batchu, B Hernandez, A Malhotra, H Fang… - Reaction Chemistry & …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
We present a perspective for accelerating biomass manufacturing via digitalization. We
summarize the challenges for manufacturing and identify areas where digitalization can …

Sustainability of biorefineries: Challenges and perspectives

JC Solarte-Toro, CA Cardona Alzate - Energies, 2023 - mdpi.com
Biorefineries have been defined as complex systems where biomass is integrally processed
to obtain value-added products and energy vectors, involving recent research advances …

Alternatives for the Valorization of Avocado Waste Generated in the Different Links of the Value Chain Based on a Life-Cycle Analysis Approach

MC Garcia-Vallejo, T Agudelo Patiño… - Agronomy, 2023 - mdpi.com
This work evaluates the sustainability of small-scale biorefineries as a potential enterprise
alternative to be introduced in rural areas based on experimental and simulation data. Four …

Evaluating economic potential of food waste valorization: Onward to a diverse feedstock biorefinery

AS Engelberth - Current Opinion in Green and Sustainable Chemistry, 2020 - Elsevier
Food waste valorization is a hot topic due to the cornucopia of waste generated and the
ensuing detrimental environmental effects. Food is lost or wasted in a variety of means on its …