Thermal, chemical, and biological processing
- Texas A&M Univ., College Station, TX (United States)
- National Renewable Energy Lab., Golden, CO (United States)
In the past few years the focus in this area has been changing from the processing of biomass to such issues as downstream processing, product recovery, and integrated process development. It is more and more obvious that commercialization of the various processes for converting biomass to fuels and chemicals will require an integrated approach since each part of the process can profoundly affect all other parts. Although economical production of fuel ethanol remains the major objective in biomass conversion, other large-volume oxychemicals also have great commercial potential. Lactic acid and succinic acid are two such oxychemicals. Separation of these organic acids from the aqueous phase is a particular challenge that is addressed by using membrane and absorption methods.
- Research Organization:
- Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
- OSTI ID:
- 150390
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-940526-; TRN: 95:007973-0002
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: 16. symposium on biotechnology for fuels and chemicals, Gatlinburg, TN (United States), 9-13 May 1994; Other Information: PBD: 1995; Related Information: Is Part Of Sixteenth symposium on biotechnology for fuels and chemicals; Davison, B.H. [ed.] [Oak Ridge National Lab., TN (United States)]; Wyman, C.E. [ed.] [National Renewable Energy Lab., Golden, CO (United States)]; PB: 823 p.
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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