Attard, Thomas Michael, Clark, James Hanley orcid.org/0000-0002-5860-2480 and McElroy, Con Robert orcid.org/0000-0003-2315-8153 (2020) Recent developments in key biorefinery areas. Current Opinion in Green and Sustainable Chemistry. pp. 64-74. ISSN 2452-2236
Abstract
To meet decarbonisation goals and implement a more sustainable circular economy model, the chemical industry needs to transition from fossil to renewable sources of carbon. Current chemical production is dominated by petroleum, where this broadly uniform feedstock is separated using a single, simple process to give a small range of heteroatom-free molecules that are the platform to a myriad of products. In a biorefinery, however, many feedstocks of widely varying composition using markedly different technologies are processed to give one or two of a wide range of bioderived platform molecules. Here, recent publications are used to highlight selection of the most suitable second or third generation feedstocks, converted using integrated, complementary processes to generate multiple products. This approach generates a range of chemicals, more fully using the carbon source of choice in a sustainable manner, generating more value, which together makes the realisation of the biorefinery concept draw ever closer.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2019 Elsevier B.V. This is an author-produced version of the published paper. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher’s self-archiving policy. |
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Institution: | The University of York |
Academic Units: | The University of York > Faculty of Sciences (York) > Chemistry (York) |
Depositing User: | Pure (York) |
Date Deposited: | 03 Feb 2020 15:20 |
Last Modified: | 24 Oct 2024 00:08 |
Published Version: | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cogsc.2019.12.002 |
Status: | Published |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1016/j.cogsc.2019.12.002 |
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Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:156366 |
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