Techno-Economic Analysis of Extractive Butanol Fermentation by Immobilized Cells with Large Extractant Volume

Techno-economic analysis of extraction-based separation systems for acetone, butanol, and ethanol recovery and purification

BACKGROUND Dual extraction, high-temperature extraction, mixture extraction, and oleyl alcohol extraction have been proposed in the literature for acetone, butanol, and ethanol (ABE) production. However, energy and economic evaluation under similar assumptions of extraction-based separation systems are necessary. Hence, the new process proposed in this work, direct steam distillation (DSD), for...

Overproduction of clavulanic acid by extractive fermentation

Techno-Economic Analysis of Hydrogen Production by Gasification of Biomass

Approach • Determine the cost and availability of the three candidate biomass feedstocks. • Design a process scheme for the production of hydrogen. • Determine optimal hydrogen production through the testing of various simulation cases. • Analyze research and simulation results to determine technical and economic feasibility. • Determine the commercialization barriers to the production of hydro...

Purification of 2,3-butanediol from fermentation broth: process development and techno-economic analysis

Background 2,3-Butanediol (2,3-BDO) is a synthetic chemical compound that also can be produced by biomass fermentation, which is gaining share in the global market as an intermediate product for numerous applications, i.e. as liquid fuel or fuel additive. Several metabolic engineering fermentation strategies to enhance the production of 2,3-BDO were developed. However, the recovery of 2,3-BDO f...

Techno-economic analysis of hybrid layered manufacturing

Subtractive manufacturing (CNC machining) has high quality of geometric and material properties but is slow, costly and infeasible in some cases; additive manufacturing (RP) is just the opposite. Total automation and hence speed is achieved in RP by compromising on quality. Hybrid Layered Manufacturing (HLM) developed at IIT Bombay combines the best features of both these approaches. It uses ar...