Three synthetic routes to obtain acrolein are compared, from a life cycle point of view: one by propylene oxidation and two by the dehydration of glycerol, obtained as a co-product either in triglyceride transesterification to FAME or in hydrolysis to fatty acids.
Where the Seagrass grows: 78 million tons of residual seagrass deposits accumulate annually on shorelines worldwide. These represent an untapped feedstock for fermentative single-cell oil production, targeted at biofuel and oleochemical generation, without affecting the sensitive marine environment or compromising food security. In this study, seven beach-cast samples of seagrass (related to Z. marina, Z. noltii, S. filiforme, P. australis, P. ocean-ic, and T. testudinum) were collected from marine ecosystems around the world and tested for this purpose. The cover page explains the concept of sustainable bio-oil production by the bio-conversion of beach-cast seagrass to lipids by using oily yeast fermentation. Beach-accumulated seagrass is enzy-matically liquefied into fermentable sugars, and the released sugars are then consumed by the yeast and stored as lipids within cell compartments. The oleaginous yeast Trichosporon oleagi-nous accumulate lipids intracellularly, which can subsequently be extracted and processed to biofuels. More details can be found in the Full Paper by Mahmoud A. Masri et al. (10.1002/ ente.201700604).
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