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Title: ECUT: energy conversion and utilization technology program. Biocatalysis research activity. Technical and economic assessment of processes for the production of butanol and acetone

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:6395642

A preliminary technical and economic evaluation of a process which produces mixed solvents (butanol/acetone/ethanol) via fermentation of sugars derived from renewable biomass resources is presented. The objective is to assess the technology of producing butanol/acetone from biomass, and select a viable process capable of serving as a base case model for technical and economic analysis. The general criteria utilized in determining the design basis for the process are profit potential and non-renewable energy displacement potential. The feedstock chosen, aspen wood, was selected from a number of potential renewable biomass resources as the most readily available in the United States and for its relatively large potential for producing reducing sugars. The butanol/acetone/ethanol (ABE) production facility consists of three major sections: pretreatment and enzyme hydrolysis, fermentation, and purification.

Research Organization:
Chem Systems, Inc., Tarrytown, NY (USA)
DOE Contract Number:
AI01-81CS66001
OSTI ID:
6395642
Report Number(s):
DOE/JPL-9950-776; ON: DE83007263
Resource Relation:
Other Information: Portions are illegible in microfiche products. Original copy available until stock is exhausted
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English