A Coarse Techno-Economic Model of a Combined Fermentation-Catalysis Route to Sorbic Acid
dc.contributor.author | Claypool, Joshua | |
dc.contributor.author | Raman, D. Raj | |
dc.contributor.department | Department of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering (ENG) | |
dc.date | 2018-02-13T03:43:18.000 | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2020-06-29T22:34:42Z | |
dc.date.available | 2020-06-29T22:34:42Z | |
dc.date.copyright | Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 UTC 2012 | |
dc.date.embargo | 2012-12-07 | |
dc.date.issued | 2012-07-01 | |
dc.description.abstract | <p>The conversion of biomass into bulk chemicals provides the potential for multiple environmental and economic benefits. While current research in industrial biotechnology focuses primarily on biocatalysts, a significant opportunity exists when combining biological and chemical catalysis into one process train. This hybrid process approach will potentially produce a wide array of economically viable molecules. One test-case of this hybrid approach is the production of sorbic acid via biocatalytic conversion of glucose to 4-Hydroxy-6-methyl-2-pyrone (HMP), followed by catalytic conversion of HMP to sorbic acid. Current collaborative research has developed this process to the stage where gram-quantities of biologically-produced HMP have been delivered to catalysis to produce butyl sorbate (a hydrolysis step can then take this to sorbic acid). Although the final process details needed for a detailed technoeconomic analyses are several years away, it is desirable to understand a coarse structure of the economics of such a process. Such an understanding can provide insight into opportunities for process improvement, as well as into fundamental technoeconomic limitations of the approach. To this end, we have developed a spreadsheet-based model of this hybrid process and have estimated the sorbic acid production cost from the process, which are then compared to current wholesale prices. We also report results of a comprehensive sensitivity analysis to demonstrate potential process improvements.</p> | |
dc.description.comments | <p>This is an ASABE Meeting Presentation, Paper No. <a href="http://elibrary.asabe.org/abstract.asp?aid=41800&t=3&dabs=Y&redir=&redirType=" target="_blank">12-1337523</a>.</p> | |
dc.identifier | archive/lib.dr.iastate.edu/abe_eng_conf/48/ | |
dc.identifier.articleid | 1047 | |
dc.identifier.contextkey | 3522262 | |
dc.identifier.s3bucket | isulib-bepress-aws-west | |
dc.identifier.submissionpath | abe_eng_conf/48 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://dr.lib.iastate.edu/handle/20.500.12876/515 | |
dc.language.iso | en | |
dc.source.bitstream | archive/lib.dr.iastate.edu/abe_eng_conf/48/Raman_2012_CoarseTechnoEconomicModel.pdf|||Sat Jan 15 00:26:41 UTC 2022 | |
dc.source.uri | 10.13031/2013.41800 | |
dc.subject.disciplines | Agriculture | |
dc.subject.disciplines | Bioresource and Agricultural Engineering | |
dc.subject.keywords | Model | |
dc.subject.keywords | Industrial Biotechnology | |
dc.subject.keywords | Sorbic Acid | |
dc.subject.keywords | 4-Hydroxy-6-Methyl-2-Pyrone | |
dc.subject.keywords | Techno-economic | |
dc.title | A Coarse Techno-Economic Model of a Combined Fermentation-Catalysis Route to Sorbic Acid | |
dc.type | article | |
dc.type.genre | conference | |
dspace.entity.type | Publication | |
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