Adipic acid is a key organic diacid intermediate used in nylon manufacturing. It is primarily produced by an industrial process that can form nitrous oxide as a byproduct. Nitrous oxide has a 300-fold higher global warming potential than carbon dioxide, and an estimated 10% of its annual global emissions are a result of adipic acid production. These concerns have led to significant efforts for the development of nitrous oxide mitigation technologies as well as more environmentally friendly routes for adipic acid production. New processes include both advanced chemical and biotechnological routes. Here in this review, we discuss key recent developments in mitigation as well as new technologies. We also provide a critical look at the potential of new technologies to compete with the incumbent process and highlight key remaining technical challenges to the development of greener (environmentally sustainable) and cost competitive (commercially sustainable) processes for adipic acid manufacture.
Rios, Jeovanna, et al. "A critical review on the progress and challenges to a more sustainable, cost competitive synthesis of adipic acid." Green Chemistry, vol. 23, no. 9, Apr. 2021. https://doi.org/10.1039/d1gc00638j
Rios, Jeovanna, Lebeau, Juliana, Yang, Tian, Li, Shuai, & Lynch, Michael D. (2021). A critical review on the progress and challenges to a more sustainable, cost competitive synthesis of adipic acid. Green Chemistry, 23(9). https://doi.org/10.1039/d1gc00638j
Rios, Jeovanna, Lebeau, Juliana, Yang, Tian, et al., "A critical review on the progress and challenges to a more sustainable, cost competitive synthesis of adipic acid," Green Chemistry 23, no. 9 (2021), https://doi.org/10.1039/d1gc00638j
@article{osti_1771981,
author = {Rios, Jeovanna and Lebeau, Juliana and Yang, Tian and Li, Shuai and Lynch, Michael D.},
title = {A critical review on the progress and challenges to a more sustainable, cost competitive synthesis of adipic acid},
annote = {Adipic acid is a key organic diacid intermediate used in nylon manufacturing. It is primarily produced by an industrial process that can form nitrous oxide as a byproduct. Nitrous oxide has a 300-fold higher global warming potential than carbon dioxide, and an estimated 10% of its annual global emissions are a result of adipic acid production. These concerns have led to significant efforts for the development of nitrous oxide mitigation technologies as well as more environmentally friendly routes for adipic acid production. New processes include both advanced chemical and biotechnological routes. Here in this review, we discuss key recent developments in mitigation as well as new technologies. We also provide a critical look at the potential of new technologies to compete with the incumbent process and highlight key remaining technical challenges to the development of greener (environmentally sustainable) and cost competitive (commercially sustainable) processes for adipic acid manufacture.},
doi = {10.1039/d1gc00638j},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1771981},
journal = {Green Chemistry},
issn = {ISSN 1463-9262},
number = {9},
volume = {23},
place = {United States},
publisher = {Royal Society of Chemistry},
year = {2021},
month = {04}}
USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Transportation Office. Bioenergy Technologies Office; Office of Naval Research (ONR); DMC Biotechnologies, Inc.
Grant/Contract Number:
EE0007563
OSTI ID:
1771981
Alternate ID(s):
OSTI ID: 1848529 OSTI ID: 1782756
Report Number(s):
DOE-Duke-7563--3
Journal Information:
Green Chemistry, Journal Name: Green Chemistry Journal Issue: 9 Vol. 23; ISSN 1463-9262