Catalytic production of long-chain hydrocarbons suitable for jet-fuel use from fermentation-derived oxygenates
The present review encompasses the recent advances that have been carried out in the last years for the production of long-chain hydrocarbons from fermentation-derived compounds such as acetone, butanol and ethanol (ABE mixtures), among others, as a solution for obtaining product mixtures suitable f...
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| Published in | Green chemistry : an international journal and green chemistry resource : GC Vol. 24; no. 9; pp. 3461 - 3474 |
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| Main Authors | , , , |
| Format | Journal Article |
| Language | English |
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Cambridge
Royal Society of Chemistry
10.05.2022
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| Summary: | The present review encompasses the recent advances that have been carried out in the last years for the production of long-chain hydrocarbons from fermentation-derived compounds such as acetone, butanol and ethanol (ABE mixtures), among others, as a solution for obtaining product mixtures suitable for use as sustainable aviation fuels. An insight on the reaction pathways is given for the different processes that take place: alkylation of ketones with organic alcohols, self-condensation (Guerbet reaction) of alcohols, oligomerization of ketones and hydrodeoxygenation (HDO) of the products. A summary of the recent catalytic developments is provided, focusing first on palladium-based catalysts as the benchmark catalyst that has traditionally been used for this purpose, then addressing other novel catalytic systems aiming to replace palladium and final insights on the different strategies to carry out HDO after alkylation. There is a special focus on the use of ABE mixtures as starting reagents, as the coupled functionality between acetone and the two organic alcohols turns out to be especially suitable for these processes.
Heterogeneous catalytic technology facilitates the production of sustainable aviation fuels from biomass
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| Bibliography: | Anders Riisager is a Professor at the Department of Chemistry, Centre for Catalysis and Sustainable Chemistry, Technical University of Denmark (DTU). His background is in inorganic materials chemistry and catalysis. Prior to his current position, he has completed four years of postdoctoral research at RWTH-Aachen/University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany and been appointed as Associate Professor at DTU. His major scientific focus is on the development of sustainable chemistry with catalysis and renewables as well as chemical technology with ionic liquids. Several of the developed technologies are commercialized to industry and he is co-founder of two companies focusing on biomass valorisation technology. 2 valorisation towards the production of sustainable aviation fuels in an innovative approach combining biotechnology and chemical catalysis, as part of a collaborative project between the Department of Chemistry and the Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Biosustainability. Ivan Pogrebnyakov is a researcher at the Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Biosustainability department of the Technical University of Denmark. He received his Master's degree at ETH Zurich (Switzerland) and California Institute of Technology (USA). Subsequently he gained his PhD at the Technical University of Denmark, and held a postdoc position at the Rigshospitalet (Denmark). His research focuses on metabolic engineering of bacteria for the production of valuable chemicals in industrial biotechnology, and on elucidating mechanisms of antibiotic resistance in bacteria for clinical research. Alex Toftgaard Nielsen is a Professor at the Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Biosustainability, Technical University of Denmark. He has a background in metabolic engineering, bacterial physiology, and industrial biotechnology. He has completed five years of postdoctoral research at Stanford University, and prior to joining the Technical University of Denmark he has held positions at two different companies, Exiqon in Denmark and Genencor in California, USA. His major scientific focus is on the production of biochemicals by metabolic engineering of bacteria. He is co-founder of three biotech companies that commercialize production of biochemicals and proteins from sustainable resources. Pablo Doménech holds a MSc in Chemical and Biochemical Engineering by the Technical University of Denmark (DTU) and two years of research experience at the Spanish Research Centre for Energy, Environment and Technology (CIEMAT) in the field of biomass conversion to advanced biofuels and bioproducts. He is currently pursuing his PhD degree back at DTU focusing on CO |
| ISSN: | 1463-9262 1463-9270 |
| DOI: | 10.1039/d2gc00619g |