Process design and evaluation of value-Added chemicals production from biomass

  • A. Ra Go*
  • , Jae Wook Ko
  • , Sang Jun Lee
  • , Seung Wook Kim
  • , Sung Ok Han
  • , Jinwon Lee
  • , Han Min Woo
  • , Youngsoon Um
  • , Jaewook Nam
  • , Chulhwan Park
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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    Abstract

    Three different biodiesel production processes were simulated using the SuperPro Designer program. The process for producing biodiesel from soybean oil and methanol was designed using commercial chemical catalysts. This chemical process was compared with the biological process catalyzed by immobilized enzymes. In addition, a hybrid process consisting of catalytic biodiesel production and enzymatic glycerol carbonate production was designed and simulated for the conversion of waste glycerol to value-Added chemical. Finally, the economics and productivity of these processes were evaluated to determine economic feasibility.

    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)1055-1061
    Number of pages7
    JournalBiotechnology and Bioprocess Engineering
    Volume17
    Issue number5
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2012 Oct

    Bibliographical note

    Funding Information:
    R&D Center (ABC) of Korea, a grant funded by the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology (2010-0029799), by the National Agenda Project (NAP) of the Korea Research Council of Fundamental Science and Technology (KRCF) and by a Research Grant of Kwangwoon University (2012).

    Keywords

    • Biodiesel
    • Enzyme
    • Glycerol
    • Glycerol carbonate
    • Process design
    • Simulation

    ASJC Scopus subject areas

    • Biotechnology
    • Bioengineering
    • Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology
    • Biomedical Engineering

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