Recent trends in global production and utilization of bio-ethanol fuel

Balat, Mustafa; Balat, Havva

doi:10.1016/j.apenergy.2009.03.015

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“…In spite of the great potential of this residual biomass of lignocellulosic composition (60-70% carbohydrates) for the production of fuels and chemicals, the majority of it is burned in sugar mills and alcohol distilleries for energy generation, and a smaller fraction is used for animal feeding; however there is still some surplus (Zanin et al 2000;Wyman et al 2005). Additionally, with the increase in cane production in response to the growth of global ethanol demand (from 66 to 125 million m 3 between 2008 and 2020), more bagasse will be available (Pandey et al 2000;Balat and Balat, 2009). Sugar cane bagasse is mainly composed of two polysaccharidic fractions (cellulose and hemicellulose) and a polyphenolic macromolecule (lignin).…”

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Sugar cane bagasse as feedstock for second generation ethanol production. Part I: Diluted acid pretreatment optimization

Betancur

Pereira

2010

Electron. J. Biotechnol.

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Sugar cane bagasse as feedstock for second generation ethanol production. Part I: Diluted acid pretreatment optimization

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Pereira

2010

Electron. J. Biotechnol.

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“…The seven crops currently most widely used for biofuels production have been selected for the analysis, i.e., sugarcane, wheat, corn, sugarbeet, rapeseed, soybean, and palmoil (Balat and Balat 2009).…”

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“…The global production of bio-ethanol alone increased from 17 thousand million liters in 2000 (Balat 2007) to 65 thousand million liters in 2008 (Biofuels Platform 2010). The most important feedstocks for bio-ethanol are sugarcane, wheat, corn, and sugarbeet, and for biodiesel these are rapeseed, soybean, and palm oil (Balat and Balat 2009).…”

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The Impact of First-Generation Biofuels on the Depletion of the Global Phosphorus Reserve

Hein

Leemans

2012

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The large majority of biofuels to date is ''firstgeneration'' biofuel made from agricultural commodities. All first-generation biofuel production systems require phosphorus (P) fertilization. P is an essential plant nutrient, yet global reserves are finite. We argue that committing scarce P to biofuel production involves a trade-off between climate change mitigation and future food production. We examine biofuel production from seven types of feedstock, and find that biofuels at present consume around 2% of the global inorganic P fertilizer production. For all examined biofuels, with the possible exception of sugarcane, the contribution to P depletion exceeds the contribution to mitigating climate change. The relative benefits of biofuels can be increased through enhanced recycling of P, but high increases in P efficiency are required to balance climate change mitigation and P depletion impacts. We conclude that, with the current production systems, the production of first-generation biofuels compromises food production in the future.

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“…When compared to other biomass including sucrose-containing feedstocks such as 31 sugar cane and fruits and starchy materials such as potatoes, corn, and wheat, lignocellulosic biomass has become a promising raw feedstock for bioenergy and other bio-based products because of its abundance, renewability, and other environmental benefits [2]. During the thermochemical conversion of lignocellulosic biomass into bioenergy, thermal decomposition behavior is crucial to understanding the reaction mechanism and the characteristics of the end-products.…”

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Comparative Study of NIR-based Prediction Methods for Biomass Weight Loss Profiles

Cho¹,

Liu²

2012

Clean Technology

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: Biomass has become a major feedstock for bioenergy and other bio-based products because of its renewability and environmental benefits. Various researches have been done in the prediction of crucial characteristics of biomass, including the active utilization of spectroscopy data. Near infrared (NIR) spectroscopy has been widely used because of its attractive features: it's non-destructive and cost-effective producing fast and reliable analysis results. This work developed the multivariate statistical scheme for predicting weight loss profiles based on the utilization of NIR spectra data measured for six lignocellulosic biomass types. Wavelet analysis was used as a compression tool to suppress irrelevant noise and to select features or wavelengths that better explain NIR data. The developed scheme was demonstrated using real NIR data sets, in which different prediction models were evaluated in terms of prediction performance. In addition, the benefits of using right pretreatment of NIR spectra were also given. In our case, it turned out that compression of high-dimensional NIR spectra by wavelet and then PLS modeling yielded more reliable prediction results without handling full set of noisy data. This work showed that the developed scheme can be easily applied for rapid analysis of biomass.

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Recent trends in global production and utilization of bio-ethanol fuel

Cited by 1,318 publications

References 51 publications

Sugar cane bagasse as feedstock for second generation ethanol production. Part I: Diluted acid pretreatment optimization

Sugar cane bagasse as feedstock for second generation ethanol production. Part I: Diluted acid pretreatment optimization

The Impact of First-Generation Biofuels on the Depletion of the Global Phosphorus Reserve

Comparative Study of NIR-based Prediction Methods for Biomass Weight Loss Profiles

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