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 …

[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 …

Biobutanol extraction and dehydration with eucalyptus oil yielding linear and cyclic biofuel blends

J Tan, H Huang, H Li, X Cai, G Zhou, B Zeng… - AIChE …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The biobutanol‐based biofuel fermentation is hindered by the challenge of inadequate
fermentation broth concentration and the azeotropic systems of water. The application of …

Salting-out: A novel purification technique in biorefinery

J Tan, Z Sun, H Huang, G Zhou, S Xie - Desalination, 2023 - Elsevier
The separation and purification of bio-alcohols are hot fields because reducing energy
consumption is concerned with the market completeness of these biofuels. This study …

Enhancing biofuel dewatering efficiency by ionizing food-additives-based salting-out agents

B Ma, J Tan, S Liu, Z Sun, S Xie - Separation and Purification Technology, 2025 - Elsevier
The competitiveness of the biofuel market is linked to the production and separation of it. In
this study, we propose the use of food additives, namely sodium chloride (NaCl) and sodium …

Efficient purification of n-butanol by thermally coupled extractive distillation with mixed entrainer

C Pan, X Qiu, J Guo, Y Liu, B Feng, G Li, H Gai… - Separation and …, 2024 - Elsevier
To solve the problems of difficult separation of azeotropes and high energy consumption in
the preparation of n-butanol from the fermented mother liquor, this study focused on the …

Implementation of solvation free energy framework to predict the vapor-liquid equilibrium behaviors for the water–hydrazine and ethanol–water azeotropic systems

M Li, Y Hu, L Lv, T Fang, L Hao, S Li, Y Wu… - Chemical Engineering …, 2023 - Elsevier
An azeotrope is a special vapor–liquid equilibrium in which the composition of two
coexisting phases is equal. Due to its strong deviation from the Raoult's law, it poses a great …