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Fuel ethanol production: Process design trends and integration opportunities

Cardona, Carlos A., Sánchez, Óscar J.·2007·Bioresource Technology

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Current fuel ethanol research and development deals with process engineering trends for improving biotechnological production of ethanol. In this work, the key role that process design plays during the development of cost-effective technologies is recognized through the analysis of major trends in process synthesis, modeling, simulation and optimization related to ethanol production. Main directions in techno-economical evaluation of fuel ethanol processes are described as well as some prospecting configurations. The most promising alternatives for compensating ethanol production costs by the generation of valuable co-products are analyzed. Opportunities for integration of fuel ethanol production processes and their implications are underlined. Main ways of process intensification through reaction-reaction, reaction-separation and separation-separation processes are analyzed in the case of bioethanol production. Some examples of energy integration during ethanol production are also highlighted. Finally, some concluding considerations on current and future research tendencies in fuel ethanol production regarding process design and integration are presented.

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Authors
Cardona, C. A., & Sánchez, Ó. J.
Affiliations
Universidad de Caldas (CO)
Venue
Bioresource Technology
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2007-09
Volume
98
Issue
12
Pages
2415-2457
ISSN
0960-8524 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2069643744
Cited by
1,032
References
252
Citations by year
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FWCI
4.59
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Bioresource Technology (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Physical Sciences › Engineering › Biomedical Engineering › Biofuel production and bioconversion
  • Physical Sciences › Engineering › Control and Systems Engineering › Process Optimization and Integration
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction
Keywords
fuel ethanol production, process design, process synthesis, process modeling and simulation, process optimization, techno-economic analysis, coproducts, process integration, process intensification, energy integration, bioethanol
MeSH terms
Ethanol, Biotechnology, Cellulose, Computer Simulation, Conservation of Natural Resources, Energy-Generating Resources, Fermentation, Lignin, Research, Starch, Sucrose, Biomass

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