Green biorefineries

Figure 1.9 Simplified schematic diagram of a green biorefinery...

Figure 1.10 A simplistic schematic of the Austrian Green Biorefinery (Based on Schnitzer, 2006)...

Andersen, M. and P. Kiel, Integrated Utilisation of Green Biomass in the Green Biorefinery, Ind. Crops. Prod., 11, 129-137 (2000). 

Koschuh, W., V.H. Thang, S. Krasteva, S. Novalin and K.D. Kulbe, Flux and Retention Behaviour of Nano filtration and Fine Ultrafiltration Membranes in Filtrating Juice from a Green Biorefinery A Membrane Sreening, J. Membr. Sci., 261, 121-128 (2005). 

Thang, V.H. and S. Novalin, Green Biorefinery Separation of Lactic Acid from Grass Silage Juice by Chromatography using Neutral Polymeric Resin, Bioresource Technol., Corrected Proof (2007). 

Koschuh, W., Koller, M., Essl, R. and Kromus, S. (2012) Green Biorefinery - Chloroplast Rich Biomass (CRB) as alternative Bio Feedstock. 25th VH Yeast Conference, Hamburg, 2012. 

Kromus S, Kamm B, Kamm M, Eowler P, Narodoslawsky M (2008) Green biorefineries the green biorefinery concept - fundamentals and potential. In Biorefineries-industrial processes and products. Wiley-VCH, Weinheim, pp 253-294... 

Type of raw materials used whole crop biorefineries (W CBRs), oleochemical biorefineries, lignocellulosic feedstock biorefineries, green biorefineries, and marine biorefineries. 

Green biorefineries based on wet biomass like grass, clover, lucerne. 

Thang VH, Novalin S. Green biorefinery separation of lactic acid from grass silage juice by chromatography using neutral polymeric resin. Bioresour Technol 2008 99 4368-79. 

Green biorefinery processes (see Figure 17.5) include wet biomass, such as grass, clover and lucerne. The wet biomass is pressed to obtain pressed juice and pressed cake. The pressed juice contains proteins, free amino acids, organic acids and enzymes. Lactic acid and its derivatives as well as ethanol, proteins and amino acids are the most favourable end products from pressed juice. 

Figure 17.5 Schematic diagram of a green biorefinery. Reproduced with permission from Joint European Biorefinery Vision for 2030, Strategic Targets for 2020 -Collaboration Initiative on Biorefineries, Star-COLIBRI Project. Star-COLIBRI...

Kamm B, Kamm M, Narodoslawsky M, Knunus S (2006) The green biorefinery concept-fundamentals and potentials. In Kamm B, Kamm M, Gruber P (eds) Biorefineries-binhased industrial processes and products. Status quo and future directions, vof 1. Weinheim, Wiley, pp 253-294. ISBN 3-527-31027 ... 

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