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8. Biobutanol from Lignocellulosic Wastes

Authors : Hamid Amiri, Keikhosro Karimi, Sandip Bankar, Tom Granström

Published in: Lignocellulose-Based Bioproducts

Publisher: Springer International Publishing

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Abstract

The perceived inability to economically provide conventional petroleum to meet the growing energy demands is facing a diverse and broad set of challenges. The major technical and commercial drawbacks of the existing biofuels (bioethanol or biodiesel) have prompted the continuing development of more advanced biofuels such as biobutanol. Acetone–butanol–ethanol (ABE) fermentation is an old process which recently attracted new interests for the production of butanol as an advanced biofuel. Efficient use of low cost lignocellulosic wastes as a carbon source for ABE fermentation can be a proper approach for the economical production of biobutanol. This chapter focuses on the utilization of lignocellulosic materials in ABE fermentation process. It explains the ABE fermentation process especially the processes that were economically used in the Soviet Union, China, and South Africa in the twentieth century. It also summarizes different technologies that have been suggested for the utilization of lignocelluloses for biobutanol production.

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Title: Biobutanol from Lignocellulosic Wastes
Authors: Hamid Amiri
Keikhosro Karimi
Sandip Bankar
Tom Granström
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Book: Lignocellulose-Based Bioproducts
Print ISBN: 978-3-319-14032-2

Electronic ISBN: 978-3-319-14033-9

Copyright Year: 2015
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-14033-9_8