Design and techno–economic analysis of levulinic acid production process from biomass by using co-product formic acid as a catalyst with minimal waste generation

Ukawa-Sato, Ryu; Hirano, Nanami; Fushimi, Chihiro

doi:10.1016/j.cherd.2023.02.046

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“…Some of these high value-added compounds that can be produced using biological processes are adipic acid (AA), levulinic acid (LA), and polyhydroxybutyrate (PHB) ( Rodriguez-Perez et al, 2018 ; Pinto-Ibieta et al, 2020 , 2021 ). LA is a platform molecule that allows the production of a wide range of compounds applied in the chemical, food, and agrochemical industries, being considered among the 12 molecules with the highest added value in the world ( Lappalainen and Dong, 2019 ; Morakile et al, 2022 ; Ukawa-Sato et al, 2023 ). AA is use to produce of nylon 6.6, a polymer in very high demand in the textile and automotive industries ( Riveiro et al, 2020 ; Wu et al, 2023 ).…”

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Toward the use of mixed microbial cultures for the biological production of adipic and levulinic acid

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Biological synthesis of high added-value compounds like adipic acid (AA), levulinic acid (LA), or polyhydroxybutyrate (PHB) using pure culture has been separately reported. However, pure culture requires sterile conditions and the use of specific carbon sources resulting in high operating costs. Different alternatives based on the use of mixed microbial cultures (MMC) have been explored to resolve this problem. MMC have been widely reported for the production of PHB, but scarcely reported for LA production and never for AA synthesis. This work presents a novel strategy for the co-production of AA LA, and PHB using MMC. The strategy consists in selecting an MMC producer of AA, LA and PHB from an inoculum obtained from a wastewater treatment plant, which is then subjected to the feast and famine culture strategy in a sequential batch reactor, coupled with a batch reactor step to enhance the accumulation of AA and LA. The results showed that the MMC could produce a 16 ± 2, 23 ± 1 and 5 ± %1 (g compound/g volatile solids) of AA, LA and PHB, respectively, using a non-fermented residual biomass rich in pentose, namely synthetic hemicellulose hydrolysate (SHH) as the carbon source. These results contribute to generating future research to better understand and optimise the biosynthesis of these compounds by MMC.

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Toward the use of mixed microbial cultures for the biological production of adipic and levulinic acid

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“…Although different biorefineries have been assessed considering economic, 17 environmental, 18 and social 19 aspects, few studies have emphasized sustainability assessments through the synergy of different dimensions. Moreover, no studies analyze pretreatment technologies in sequential schemes based on biorefinery indicators.…”

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Sustainability assessment of lignocellulosic biorefineries based on sequential pretreatments

Poveda‐Giraldo,

Cardona Alzate

2023

J of Chemical Tech & Biotech

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BackgroundPretreatments are critical in biorefinery analysis, affecting further reactions and downstream processes. However, most pretreatments are studied and optimized as single‐step schemes, focusing on maximizing a sidestream. Sequential pretreatments have been shown to improve the selective isolation of platforms for further valorization. However, pretreatment performance can consider not only technical but also economic, environmental, and social concerns. This work assessed the sustainability of sequential pretreatments in rice husk‐based biorefineries.ResultsFour biorefinery scenarios were designed, simulated, and assessed considering dilute acid and wet air oxidation pretreatment technologies in sequential and single‐step schemes. Economic feasibility was demonstrated for sequential pretreatments when phenolic compounds are contemplated, generating gross incomes of 4.76 M‐USD year‐1. From an environmental perspective, the rice supply chain generated a carbon footprint of 2.17 kg CO2 eq kg‐1 of rice husks, where the producer link is the largest contributor due to fertilizer use. Likewise, it was shown that supplying energy demands using black liquor as fuel relieves operating costs and reduces the carbon footprint. The social dimension showed that between 69 and 77 jobs could be generated annually along the value chain and the biorefinery schemes. However, biorefineries have a high risk due to the high volume of cooling water.ConclusionsAll dimensions were weighted to calculate a sustainability index, where it was concluded that sequential pretreatment biorefineries improved sustainability against the single‐step schemes. However, the scenario of valorization of the three fractions (Sc1) is the best scheme to be implemented as it has always demonstrated economic feasibility.This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.

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“…Mohammed, et al examined techno-economics of furfural and glucose production from empty oil palm fruit bunches [25]. Sato, et al examined the technoeconomics of levulinic acid production using formic acid co-product as catalyst [26]. In this paper, we examine simulations of mass balance calculations for furfural and levulinic acid production from lignocellulosic biomass on a factory scale using various reaction kinetics models and SuperPro Designer 9.0 software.…”

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Simulation of Furfural and Levulinic Acid Production from Lignocellulosic Biomass

Panjaitan

2023

J. Tek. Kim. Ling

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Furfural and levulinic acid are chemicals that can be produced from lignocellulosic biomass. In this research, mass balance simulation of furfural and levulinic acid production at scale of 100 tons of biomass/year was examined. This research using various models of kinetic reaction and biomass to solvent ratio from lignocellulosic biomass raw materials consisting of cellulose, hemicellulose, lignin, ash, and water composition of 35%, 30%, 25%, 3%, and 7%. The kinetic models used in this research were separate kinetic models and simultaneous model (model-3). The separate kinetic models were divided into two models which separate kinetic model 1 (model-1) and separate kinetic model 2 (model-2). SuperPro Designer 9.0 software was used to calculate mass balance simulation. From the research, it was found that variations in kinetic reaction model affected furfural and levulinic acid production. Higher biomass to solvent ratio produced higher furfural and levulinic acid production. The highest furfural produced from simulation process was kinetic reaction model-2 with a biomass to solvent ratio of 1:30 and 0.67 liter furfural/hour. While the highest levulinic acid produced from the simulation process was kinetic reaction model-1 with a biomass to solvent ratio of 1:30 and 2.37 liter levulinic acid/hour.

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Design and techno–economic analysis of levulinic acid production process from biomass by using co-product formic acid as a catalyst with minimal waste generation

Cited by 11 publications

References 40 publications

Toward the use of mixed microbial cultures for the biological production of adipic and levulinic acid

Toward the use of mixed microbial cultures for the biological production of adipic and levulinic acid

Sustainability assessment of lignocellulosic biorefineries based on sequential pretreatments

Simulation of Furfural and Levulinic Acid Production from Lignocellulosic Biomass

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