A review on commercial-scale high-value products that can be produced alongside cellulosic ethanol

O Rosales-Calderon, V Arantes - Biotechnology for biofuels, 2019 - Springer
The demand for fossil derivate fuels and chemicals has increased, augmenting concerns on
climate change, global economic stability, and sustainability on fossil resources. Therefore …

Prospects on bio-based 2, 3-butanediol and acetoin production: Recent progress and advances

S Maina, AA Prabhu, N Vivek, A Vlysidis… - Biotechnology …, 2022 - Elsevier
The bio-based platform chemicals 2, 3-butanediol (BDO) and acetoin have various
applications in chemical, cosmetics, food, agriculture, and pharmaceutical industries …

Value-added processing of crude glycerol into chemicals and polymers

X Luo, X Ge, S Cui, Y Li - Bioresource Technology, 2016 - Elsevier
Crude glycerol is a low-value byproduct which is primarily obtained from the biodiesel
production process. Its composition is significantly different from that of pure glycerol. Crude …

Microbial production of 2, 3-butanediol for industrial applications

CW Song, JM Park, SC Chung, SY Lee… - Journal of Industrial …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Butanediol (2, 3-BD) has great potential for diverse industries, including chemical,
cosmetics, agriculture, and pharmaceutical areas. However, its industrial production and …

[HTML][HTML] Bioconversion technologies of crude glycerol to value added industrial products

VK Garlapati, U Shankar, A Budhiraja - Biotechnology Reports, 2016 - Elsevier
Crude glycerol that is produced as the by-product from biodiesel, has to be effectively
utilized to contribute to the viability of biodiesel. Crude glycerol in large amounts can pose a …

Deep eutectic solvent pretreatment enabling full utilization of switchgrass

Z Chen, WD Reznicek, C Wan - Bioresource technology, 2018 - Elsevier
In this study, an acidified, aqueous DES comprising choline chloride: glycerol (ChCl: Gly)
was used to fractionate switchgrass into three major streams under a relatively mild …

Recent advances in the production of value added chemicals and lipids utilizing biodiesel industry generated crude glycerol as a substrate–Metabolic aspects …

N Vivek, R Sindhu, A Madhavan, AJ Anju, E Castro… - Bioresource …, 2017 - Elsevier
One of the major ecological concerns associated with biodiesel production is the generation
of waste/crude glycerol during the trans-esterification process. Purification of this crude …

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 …

Advances and challenges in bio-based 2, 3-BD downstream purification: A comprehensive review

PM Gawal, S Subudhi - Bioresource Technology Reports, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract Bio-based 2, 3-butanediol (2, 3-BD) is gaining prominence as an alternative to
costly petroleum production. It finds diverse applications in chemicals, food, cosmetics, and …

Strategies for efficient and economical 2, 3-butanediol production: new trends in this field

AM Białkowska - World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology, 2016 - Springer
Butanediol (2, 3-BD) is a promising bulk chemical with a potentially wide range of
applications eg, in the manufacture of printing inks, perfumes, synthetic rubber, fumigants …