These findings stipulate that new feedstocks and processes capable of producing 20 to 50 billion gallons per year, while not increasing greenhouse gas emissions, must be responsibly developed and commercialized within the next two decades.
More than 80% of the production cost is associated with the feedstock itself and consequently, efforts are focused on developing technologies capable of using lower-cost feedstocks, such as recycled cooking oils and wastes from animal or vegetable oil processing operations.
Biorefineries are envisioned as complex, integrated plants capable of using biomass feedstocks to produce a broad spectrum of chemical and fuel products.
In order to develop a more sustainable biobased industrial production of succinate, it will be crucial to use low-cost substrates, especially nonfood feedstocks, and develop a robust strain capable of catalyzing these raw materials to produce succinate in good yields.
Based on the developed microwave plasma torch, we developed an apparatus capable of converting hydrocarbon feedstock at a capacity of 50 g/h yielding CNM and hydrogen of up to 70 vol. %.
Microalgae may offer a potential feedstock for renewable biofuels; they are capable of converting atmospheric CO2 to substantial biomass and valuable biofuels, which is of great importance for the food and energy industries.
These results provide an opportunity to create an economic incentive to develop strains capable of converting cheaper feedstock into high value compounds.
10 With this in mind, we searched for an alternative hydrodeoxygenation (HDO) catalyst that needs no sulfiding and is capable of converting low-sulfur feedstocks.
To continue our efforts on microbial lipid production using cheap feedstocks, we were interested in identifying strains capable of utilizing sugar mixtures more efficiently.
An olefin plant with a choice of feedstocks (for example, ethane, propane, and butane) and capable of achieving a reasonably broad range of conversions in its steam crackers is a good example of such a plant.
