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Title: Microbial electrochemical treatment of biorefinery black liquor and resource recovery

Abstract

A microbial electrochemical process for energy-effective biorefinery black liquor treatment and in situ value-added product recovery.

Authors:
ORCiD logo [1];  [2];  [3];  [1]; ORCiD logo [3];  [2];  [2];  [2]; ORCiD logo [1]
  1. Princeton Univ., NJ (United States)
  2. National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
  3. Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO (United States)
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Sustainable Transportation Office. Bioenergy Technologies Office
OSTI Identifier:
1507286
Alternate Identifier(s):
OSTI ID: 1489700
Report Number(s):
NREL/JA-5100-72394
Journal ID: ISSN 1463-9262; GRCHFJ
Grant/Contract Number:  
AC36-08GO28308
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Green Chemistry
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 21; Journal Issue: 6; Journal ID: ISSN 1463-9262
Publisher:
Royal Society of Chemistry
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
09 BIOMASS FUELS; microbial electrochemistry; DMR; waste utilization

Citation Formats

Chen, Xi, Katahira, Rui, Ge, Zheng, Lu, Lu, Hou, Dianxun, Peterson, Darren J., Tucker, Melvin P., Chen, Xiaowen, and Ren, Zhiyong Jason. Microbial electrochemical treatment of biorefinery black liquor and resource recovery. United States: N. p., 2018. Web. doi:10.1039/C8GC02909A.
Chen, Xi, Katahira, Rui, Ge, Zheng, Lu, Lu, Hou, Dianxun, Peterson, Darren J., Tucker, Melvin P., Chen, Xiaowen, & Ren, Zhiyong Jason. Microbial electrochemical treatment of biorefinery black liquor and resource recovery. United States. https://doi.org/10.1039/C8GC02909A
Chen, Xi, Katahira, Rui, Ge, Zheng, Lu, Lu, Hou, Dianxun, Peterson, Darren J., Tucker, Melvin P., Chen, Xiaowen, and Ren, Zhiyong Jason. Thu . "Microbial electrochemical treatment of biorefinery black liquor and resource recovery". United States. https://doi.org/10.1039/C8GC02909A. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1507286.
@article{osti_1507286,
title = {Microbial electrochemical treatment of biorefinery black liquor and resource recovery},
author = {Chen, Xi and Katahira, Rui and Ge, Zheng and Lu, Lu and Hou, Dianxun and Peterson, Darren J. and Tucker, Melvin P. and Chen, Xiaowen and Ren, Zhiyong Jason},
abstractNote = {A microbial electrochemical process for energy-effective biorefinery black liquor treatment and in situ value-added product recovery.},
doi = {10.1039/C8GC02909A},
journal = {Green Chemistry},
number = 6,
volume = 21,
place = {United States},
year = {2018},
month = {12}
}

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