Higher Alcohols Production Platforms

From Strain Development to Process Design

1st Edition - September 26, 2023
Editors: Hamid Amiri, Meisam Tabatabaei, Abdul-Sattar Nizami
Language: English
Paperback ISBN:
9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 9 1 7 5 6 - 8
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Higher Alcohols Production Platforms: From Strain Development to Process Design comprehensively covers the production of higher alcohols, from the fundamentals to the latest research. Bringing together experts from industry and academia, the book sheds light on the practical aspects of higher alcohol production and offers a roadmap for researchers to follow. In addition to the fundamentals of higher alcohol production, readers are presented with detailed information on up and downstream processes, including microbial processes and the various production pathways available. A discussion of metabolic pathways has a dedicated chapter, as do C2, C3-C8, and C4 sugar fermentation platforms.

A lifecycle assessment is also presented, addressing the energy, environmental, social and economic factors in the sustainability of higher alcohol production. Readers will find this to be a unique and comprehensive reference on the production of higher alcohols that will be of interest to students, researchers and industry professionals involved in bioenergy and renewable energy, and more.

Cover image
Title page
Table of Contents
Copyright
List of contributors
Preface
1. Higher alcohols: applications as fuels and chemicals
Abstract
1.1 Introduction
1.2 Higher alcohols as biofuels
1.3 Potentials of higher alcohols in synthetic chemistry
1.4 Potentials of higher alcohols as solvents
1.5 Conclusions
References
2. Higher alcohols: metabolic pathways and engineering strategies for enhanced production
Abstract
2.1 Introduction
2.2 Butanol production in Clostridium species
2.3 Microbial production of 2-butanol
2.4 Microbial production of branched-chain higher alcohols
2.5 Conclusions
References
3. Feedstocks for higher alcohol production
Abstract
3.1 Introduction
3.2 Higher alcohol synthesis: general aspects
3.3 Glycerol as feedstock
3.4 Pretreatments
3.5 Agroindustrial wastes as raw materials for the production of higher alcohols
3.6 Algae as photosynthetic feedstocks
3.7 Carbon dioxide as feedstock
3.8 Syngas for the production of higher alcohols
3.9 Conclusions
References
4. Sugar fermentation: C2 (ethanolic) platform
Abstract
4.1 Introduction
4.2 Technologies for the biological production of ethanol
4.3 The substrate issues
4.4 Biological pathways for ethanol production
4.5 Synthetic biology and metabolic engineering for enhanced ethanol production
4.6 Application of coculture for ethanol production
4.7 Conclusions
References
5. Sugar fermentation: C4 platforms
Abstract
5.1 Introduction
5.2 Biochemistry of n-butanol production
5.3 Biochemistry of isobutanol production
5.4 Challenges in microbial production of n-butanol
5.5 Microorganisms involved in n-butanol and isobutanol production
5.6 Substrates
5.7 Process integration for n-butanol production
5.8 Conclusions
References
6. Syngas fermentation platforms: alcohols from syngas and CO2
Abstract
6.1 Introduction
6.2 Alternative routes to syngas fermentation for the production of alcohols
6.3 Syngas and carbon dioxide (CO2) bioconversion to alcohols
6.4 Downstream processing
6.5 Conclusions
Acknowledgments
References
7. Alcohol production: downstream processes
Abstract
7.1 Introduction
7.2 Distillation for bioalcohol separation
7.3 Nondistillation separation techniques
7.4 Process integration for alcohols separation
7.5 Conclusions
References
8. Alcohol production process design and scale-up
Abstract
8.1 Introduction
8.2 Alcohols
8.3 Ethanol
8.4 n-Propanol and isopropanol
8.5 Butanol
8.6 Scaling-up of alcohol production processes and biorefineries
8.7 Conclusions
References
9. Life cycle sustainability assessment of higher alcohol: energy, environmental, and social indicators
Abstract
9.1 Higher alcohol as an oxygenated additive
9.2 Higher alcohols and their role in exhaust emission of diesel engine
9.3 Sustainability in higher alcohol production
9.4 Conclusions
References
10. Scope for commercialization and market analysis of bio-based alcohols, fuels, and chemicals
Abstract
10.1 Introduction
10.2 Products of bio-based alcohols and chemicals
10.3 The market of bio-based fuels and chemicals
10.4 Factors affecting market
10.5 Challenges and perspectives
10.6 Conclusions
References
Index

Hamid Amiri

Hamid Amiri has a master’s in chemical engineering from the Isfahan University of Technology, Isfahan, Iran. He has a Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering-Biotechnology from Isfahan University of Technology. Since 2014, he has worked as an Assistant Professor at the University of Isfahan in breaking the chemical and engineering barriers to the production of waste-based biofuels and value-added biochemicals by process design, integration, optimization, and analysis in the way of developing future biorefineries. He has published more than 30 papers on the topics of renewable energy, alternative fuels, waste-to-energy, ABE fermentation, pretreatment of lignocellulose, and resource recovery. He has completed a number of funded research projects and played the leading role in the development of the Environmental Research Institute and Biotechnology Lab Complex in University of Isfahan.

Affiliations and expertise

Assistant Professor, University of Isfahan, Iran

Meisam Tabatabaei

Meisam Tabatabaei is a Professor of Environmental Biotechnology at the Universiti Malaysia Terengganu, Malaysia. Over the last decade, Meisam has worked closely with the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) to promote waste-oriented biofuels in the developing world. Since 2016, he has been the lead collaborator of the Lancet Commission on Public Health and Climate Change (UCL, UK). He has published over 400 publications, including original research papers and reviews in journals such as The LANCET, Progress in Energy and Combustion Sciences, Nature Food, Trends in Biotechnology, and Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews. He is currently also a Visiting Professor at the Henan Agricultural University, China, and University of Saskatchewan, Canada. He is a member of the editorial board for the journals Progress in Energy and Combustion Sciences, Biofuel Research Journal, Scientific Reports, International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment, Data in Brief, and Energy Sources, Part A: Recovery, Utilization and Environmental Effects. Prof. Tabatabaei is the Associate Editor of Critical Reviews in Biotechnology and Resources, Environment, and Sustainability and Senior Editor of e-Prime.

Affiliations and expertise

Higher Institution Centre of Excellence (HICoE), Institute of Tropical Aquaculture and Fisheries (AKUATROP), Universiti Malaysia Terengganu, 21030 Kuala Nerus, Terengganu, Malaysia

Abdul-Sattar Nizami

Abdul-Sattar Nizami has a master’s in engineering from the Chalmers University of Technology, Göteborg, Sweden. He has a Ph.D. in Sustainable Gaseous Biofuel from the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University College Cork, Ireland. Later, he worked at the University of Toronto, Canada as a Postdoctoral Fellow on alternative fuels, life cycle studies under the Institute for Sustainable Energy. He served the Center of Excellence in Environmental Studies (CEES) of King Abdulaziz University, Saudi Arabia, as an Assistant Professor and Head of Solid Waste Management Unit, and is currently an Associate Professor at the Sustainable Development Study Centre (SDSC), Government College University, Pakistan. He has published more than 100 papers on the topics of renewable energy, alternative fuels, waste-to-energy, catalytic pyrolysis, anaerobic digestion, and resource recovery. Dr. Nizami is an Associate Editor in Renewable & Sustainable Energy Reviews, Energy & Environment, and Frontiers in Energy Research. He is serving as an Editorial Board Member in Bioresource Technology Reports, and Energy Sources Part B.

Affiliations and expertise

Associate Professor, Sustainable Development Study Centre (SDSC), Government College University, Pakistan