A novel integrated biorefinery process for diesel fuel blendstock production using lipids from the methanotroph, Methylomicrobium buryatense
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In light of the availability of low-cost methane (CH4) derived from natural gas and biogas along with increasing concerns of the greenhouse gas emissions, the production of alternative liquid biofuels directly from CH4 is a promising approach to capturing wasted energy. A novel biorefinery concept integrating biological conversion of CH4 to microbial lipids together with lipid extraction and generation of hydrocarbon fuels is demonstrated in this study for the first time. An aerobic methanotrophic bacterium, Methylomicrobium buryatense capable of using CH4 as the sole carbon source was selected on the basis of genetic tractability, cultivation robustness, and ability to accumulate phospholipids in membranes. A maximum fatty acid content of 10% of dry cell weight was obtained in batch cultures grown in a continuous gas sparging fermentation system. Although phospholipids are not typically considered as a good feedstock for upgrading to hydrocarbon fuels, we set out to demonstrate that using a combination of novel lipid extraction methodology with advanced catalyst design, we could prove the feasibility of this approach. Up to 95% of the total fatty acids from membrane-bound phospholipids were recovered by a two-stage pretreatment method followed by hexane extraction of the aqueous hydrolysate. The upgrading of extracted lipids was then demonstrated in a hydrodeoxygeation process using palladium on silica as a catalyst. Lipid conversion in excess of 99% was achieved, with a full selectivity to hydrocarbons. The final hydrocarbon mixture is dominated by 88% pentadecane (C15H32) based on decarbonylation/decarboxylation and hydrogenation of C16 fatty acids, indicating that a biological gas-to-liquid fuel (Bio-GTL) process is technically feasible.
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Dilute acid pretreatment is an effective, low cost, energy efficient and scalable means to recover lipids from wet microbial biomass.
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For SCO streams containing large fractions of polar lipids, hydrolysis to a FFA stream is likely preferable for fuel production.
“For SCO streams containing large fractions of polar lipids, hydrolysis to a FFA stream is likely preferable for fuel production (34).”
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Preliminary catalyst screening with nickel- and copper-based catalysts confirmed that these catalysts would be rapidly deactivated in the presence of phosphorus-containing feeds, while noble metals performed better.
“a preliminary catalyst screening with nickel- and copper-based catalysts confirmed the hypothesis that these catalysts would be rapidly deactivated in the presence of phosphorus-containing feeds, while noble metals performed better”
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The high degree of polar head group cleavage was confirmed by the presence of only 4 ppm phosphorus in the oil, though the oil contained sulfur, nitrogen, sodium and halogens in higher amounts.
“The high degree of polar head group cleavage was confirmed by the presence of only 4 ppm phosphorus in the oil, though the oil contained sulfur, nitrogen, sodium and halogens in higher amounts”
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With a relatively high catalyst loading and deoxygenation in batch mode, full conversion to linear alkanes was achieved.
“With a relatively high catalyst loading and deoxygenation in batch mode, full conversion to linear alkanes was achieved”
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- Authors
- Dong, T., Fei, Q., Genelot, M., Smith, H., Laurens, L. M. L., Watson, M. J., & Pienkos, P. T.
- Affiliations
- National Laboratory of the Rockies (US)
- Xi'an Jiaotong University (CN)
- Johnson Matthey (United Kingdom) (GB)
- Corresponding author
- Dong, Tao
- Fei, Qiang
- Venue
- Energy Conversion and Management
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2017-05
- Volume
- 140
- Pages
- 62-70
- ISSN
- 0196-8904 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2592656870
- Cited by
- 62
- References
- 52
- Citations by year
- 2026: 2 · 2025: 5 · 2024: 7 · 2023: 6 · 2022: 6 · 2021: 7 · 2020: 14 · 2019: 8 · 2018: 6 · 2017: 1
- FWCI
- 2.50
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- hybrid
- doi.org
- Licence
- Locations
- Energy Conversion and Management (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
- OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information) (submittedVersion)
- Funders
- Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) office of the U.S. Department of Energy (0670-5169)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Chemical Engineering › Catalysis › Catalysts for Methane Reforming
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction
- Physical Sciences › Energy › Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment › Algal biology and biofuel production
- Keywords
- methanotrophic bacteria, gas-to-liquid fuel, microbial lipid production, phospholipids, lipid extraction, hydrodeoxygenation, fatty acid decarboxylation, pentadecane, biorefinery, biogas
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