Biobutanol production using unhydrolyzed waste acorn as a novel substrate

• Published in: RSC advances Vol. 6; no. 11; pp. 9254 - 926
• Main Authors: Heidari, Fatemeh, Asadollahi, Mohammad Ali, Jeihanipour, Azam, Kheyrandish, Maryam, Rismani-Yazdi, Hamid, Karimi, Keikhosro
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: 01.01.2016
• Subjects: Byproducts; Clostridium acetobutylicum; Extraction; Fermentation; Solvents; Starches; Substrates; Tannic acid; Wastes

Substrate cost and availability are the major bottlenecks that limit the commercialization of next generation biofuels. The possibility of using waste acorn as an abundant and inexpensive feedstock in Iran for acetone-butanol-ethanol (ABE) production with Clostridium acetobutylicum was investigated....