Higher Alcohols Production Platforms

From Strain Development to Process Design

Hamid Amiri, Meisam Tabatabaei, Abdul-Sattar Nizami

• Publisher: Academic Press
• Year: 2023
• Print ISBN:
  9780323917568
• eBook ISBN:
  9780323986311
• Topic: Physical Sciences
• Subtopic: Energy

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. - Provides comprehensive coverage of the energy, environmental and economic aspects of higher alcohols biofuels - Presents a rational basis for assessing alcoholic products that can be used as a roadmap for their further developments - Analyzes and synthesizes the latest research and developments on the production of higher alcohols as biofuels for audiences in academia and industry

Table of contents

• Higher Alcohols Production Platforms
• Cover
• Title Page
• Copyright
• Table of Contents
• List of Contributors
• Preface
• 1 Higher alcohols: applications as fuels and chemicals
• 2 Higher alcohols: metabolic pathways and engineering strategies for enhanced production
• 3 Feedstocks for higher alcohol production
• 4 Sugar fermentation: C2 (ethanolic) platform
• 5 Sugar fermentation: C4 platforms
• 6 Syngas fermentation platforms: alcohols from syngas and CO2
• 7 Alcohol production: downstream processes
• 8 Alcohol production process design and scale-up
• 9 Life cycle sustainability assessment of higher alcohol: energy, environmental, and social indicators
• 10 Scope for commercialization and market analysis of bio-based alcohols, fuels, and chemicals
• Index