An elementary-step kinetic model for ethyl acetate synthesis by direct addition of acetic acid to ethylene over a silica supported silicotungstic acid catalyst is developed. A reaction network comprising 5 reactions, i.e. 3 direct additions, an esterification and a condensation, between 6 major components (ethylene, acetic acid, water, ethyl acetat...
status: published
Published in Applied and Environmental Microbiology
With industrial agriculture increasingly challenging our ecological limits, alternative food production routes such as microbial protein (MP) production are receiving renewed interest. Among the multiple substrates so far evaluated for MP production, renewable bioethanol (EtOH) is still underexplored. Therefore, the present study investigated the c...
Developing a promising fermentation strategy with high cellulase yield and stable fermenting performance is an imperative way to overcome the cellulase costs limitation. In this study, a novel solid-state fermentation (SSF) strategy using polyurethane carbon foams (PAF) as inert carriers was developed to improve cellulase production by Trichoderma ...
Available literature on Chinese medicinal herbal residues (CMHRs) bioconversion highlights pretreatment prior to saccharification with cellulase without considering the presence of starch constituent. Herein, four commonly found CMHRs were tested for starch content, and it was found they all contained starch with content ranging from 4.74% to 16.78...
Available literature on Chinese medicinal herbal residues (CMHRs) bioconversion highlights pretreatment prior to saccharification with cellulase without considering the presence of starch constituent. Herein, four commonly found CMHRs were tested for starch content, and it was found they all contained starch with content ranging from 4.74% to 16.78...
Developing a promising fermentation strategy with high cellulase yield and stable fermenting performance is an imperative way to overcome the cellulase costs limitation. In this study, a novel solid-state fermentation (SSF) strategy using polyurethane carbon foams (PAF) as inert carriers was developed to improve cellulase production by Trichoderma ...
As part of the transition from a fossil resources-based economy to a bio-based economy, the production of platform chemicals by microbial cell factories has gained strong interest. 2,3-butanediol (2,3-BDO) has various industrial applications, but its production by microbial fermentation poses multiple challenges. We have engineered the bacterial 2,...
Low efficiency of the high-solids enzymatic hydrolysis process leads to a sharp increase in energy consumption and enzyme dosage, which hinders the development of lignocellulose biorefinery. Inhomogeneity of trace amounts of enzymes and bulk substrates mixing may be a main barrier to the efficiency. In this study, the mixing degree of enzyme and su...
Low efficiency of the high-solids enzymatic hydrolysis process leads to a sharp increase in energy consumption and enzyme dosage, which hinders the development of lignocellulose biorefinery. Inhomogeneity of trace amounts of enzymes and bulk substrates mixing may be a main barrier to the efficiency. In this study, the mixing degree of enzyme and su...
