• Carbon letters
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• 제17권1호
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• pp.1-10
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• 2016

Lignocellulosic biomass conversion to biofuels such as ethanol and other value-added bio-products including activated carbons has attracted much attention. The development of an efficient, cost-effective, and eco-friendly pretreatment process is a major challenge in lignocellulosic biomass to biofuel conversion. Although several modern pretreatment technologies have been introduced, few promising technologies have been reported. Microwave irradiation or microwave-assisted methods (physical and chemical) for pretreatment (disintegration) of biomass have been gaining popularity over the last few years owing to their high heating efficiency, lower energy requirements, and easy operation. Acid and alkali pretreatments assisted by microwave heating meanwhile have been widely used for different types of lignocellulosic biomass conversion. Additional advantages of microwave-based pretreatments include faster treatment time, selective processing, instantaneous control, and acceleration of the reaction rate. The present review provides insights into the current research and advantages of using microwave-assisted pretreatment technologies for the conversion of lignocellulosic biomass to fermentable sugars in the process of cellulosic ethanol production.

• 한국신재생에너지학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국신재생에너지학회 2006년도 추계학술대회
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• pp.529-532
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• 2006

Recently the production of ethanol from lignocecllulosics has received much attention due to immense potential for conversion of renewable biometerials into biofuels and chemicals. Fomitopsis palustris causes a typycal brown-rot and is unusual in that it rapidly depolymerize the cellulose in wood without removing the surrounding lignin that normally prevents microbial attack. This study demonstrated that the brown rot basidiomycete F. palustris was able to degrade crystalline cellulose. This fungus could also produce the three major cellulases (BGL, EXG and EG) when the cells were grown on 2.0% Avicel. The fungus was able to degrade both the crystalline and amorphous forms of cellulose from woody biomasses. Moreover, we found that this fungus has the processive EG like CBH which are able to degrade the crystalline region of cellulose. To establish the cellulase system in relation with degradation of woody biomass, we performed that purification, characterization and molecular cloning of a BGL, EGs and GLA from F. palustris grown on Avicel.

• 기술사
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• 제45권5호
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• pp.36-38
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• 2012

Insect/worm is a source of protein food, more calcium than you think, made up of low-fat and high protein in the worms, 20% of the entire protein, nutrients, and so. because of this, the value of any insect food will rise. Is not argued that enough, livestock methane from gaseous material of the earth temperature no phi but not small role, and indeed. If a non-carbone missions from livestock are less and consequently the production of biofuels using worms because it is also expected to be available to the worms in cattle, such as no benefit is expected that you will be spotlighted.

• 한국수소및신에너지학회논문집
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• 제32권6호
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• pp.618-635
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• 2021

Environmental issues caused by our dependence on fossil fuels have caused our society to move toward new renewable sources of energy and chemicals. In this study, we develop an integrated process that co-produces butene oligomer (i.e., biofuels) and 1,3-butadiene (i.e., monomer for the production of synthetic rubber). To minimize utility consumption, we conduct heat integration. Then, we conduct a range of techno-economic analysis and life-cycle assessment to investigate economic and environmental feasibility of the proposed process.

• 한국수소및신에너지학회논문집
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• 제27권4호
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• pp.447-461
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• 2016

Recently, the Renewable Fuel Standard(RFS) has been commenced from July 31, 2015 in the New and Renewable Energy Act for expanding the supply of renewable energy and reduction of national GHG target in Korea. The biodiesel is only a means of implementation for the RFS, therefore the biodiesel supply expansion is important for fulfilling the RFS obligation policy. The major key points of the biodiesl supply are expanding domestic feedstocks due to the over 60% dependence on foreign feedstock and reducing the price of feedstock because of the over 70% occupation of feed stock price in the biodiesl production cost. Therefore, we estimated actual amount of potential feedstocks which are possible to use for biodiesl production in Korea and investigated technical and political improvements for expanding biodiesl. For estimating a potential feedstocks, first selected the potential biodiesl feedstocks by investigating the status of global biodiesl feedstocks and then analyzed the possible potential amount of each feedstock by surveying the generation situations, the distribution structures and the technical level.

• 한국해양바이오학회지
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• 제10권2호
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• pp.73-82
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• 2018

Chlorella are source of valuable compounds as lipids, proteins, carbohydrates, bioactive compounds. To continuous obtain the high-value materials of Chlorella protothecoides, we performed continuous cultivation after applying milking techniques to C. protothecoides grown with culture for 7 days in optical panel bioreactor (OPBR) system. Fatty acid and lutein in extracts from pre- and post-milking of C. protothecoides were analyzed using gas chromatography and high performance liquid chromatography, respectively. C. protothecoides were rich in unsaturated fatty acids with a high content of oleic acid(C18:1), which is suitable as a biofuel feedstock. The fatty acid content in pre- and post-milking of C. protothecoides was decreased from 126.424mg/g d.w. to 119.341mg/g d.w, and the lutein content decreased from 0.258mg/g d.w. to 0.178mg/g d.w. The results of this study demonstrate the feasibility of milking C. protothecoides for production of lipids for biofuels production. It was confirmed that microalgae can continuously obtain lutein present in a trace amount through a continuous culture from milking.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제24권10호
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• pp.1427-1437
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• 2014

Enzymatic hydrolysis of lignocellulosic biomass into fermentable sugars is a key step in the conversion of agricultural by-products to biofuels and value-added chemicals. Utilization of a robust microorganism for on-site production of biomass-degrading enzymes has gained increasing interest as an economical approach for supplying enzymes to biorefinery processes. In this study, production of multi-polysaccharide-degrading enzymes from Aspergillus aculeatus BCC199 by solid-state fermentation was improved through the statistical design approach. Among the operational parameters, yeast extract and soybean meal as well as the nonionic surfactant Tween 20 and initial pH were found as key parameters for maximizing production of cellulolytic and hemicellulolytic enzymes. Under the optimized condition, the production of FPase, endoglucanase, ${\beta}$-glucosidase, xylanase, and ${\beta}$-xylosidase was achieved at 23, 663, 88, 1,633, and 90 units/g of dry substrate, respectively. The multi-enzyme extract was highly efficient in the saccharification of alkaline-pretreated rice straw, corn cob, and corn stover. In comparison with commercial cellulase preparations, the BCC199 enzyme mixture was able to produce remarkable yields of glucose and xylose, as it contained higher relative activities of ${\beta}$-glucosidase and core hemicellulases (xylanase and ${\beta}$-xylosidase). These results suggested that the crude enzyme extract from A. aculeatus BCC199 possesses balanced cellulolytic and xylanolytic activities required for the efficient saccharification of lignocellulosic biomass feedstocks, and supplementation of external ${\beta}$-glucosidase or xylanase was dispensable. The work thus demonstrates the high potential of A. aculeatus BCC199 as a promising producer of lignocellulose-degrading enzymes for the biomass conversion industry.

• Korean Chemical Engineering Research
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• 제58권3호
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• pp.396-407
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• 2020

전세계적으로 화석 연료가 고갈 되면서 화석 연료를 대체할 수 있는 자원이 필요한 실정이며, 대체 자원으로는 바이오 연료가 각광을 받고 있다. 바이오 연료는 바이오 매스로부터 생산되는데 바이오 매스는 바이오 연료 및 바이오 화학제품 생산이 가능한 재생 가능 자원이다. 특히, 화석 연료를 대체하기 위하여 이산화탄소와 바이오 매스를 이용하여 바이오 연료(바이오 디젤)를 생산하는 연구가 주목을 받고 있다. 바이오 매스를 기반으로 하여 바이오 디젤을 생산하기 위해서는 바이오 디젤 생산에 필요한 원료(예, 이산화탄소, 물)와 잠재적인 바이오 매스 리파이너리 용량 및 설치 위치, 생산된 바이오 디젤의 수요 도시까지의 공급을 모두 고려하는 공급 네트워크 개발이 필요하다. 바이오 매스를 이용한 바이오 디젤 공급 네트워크에 대하여 많은 연구가 수행이 되었지만, 미세조류 기반 최적의 바이오 디젤 생산 전략에 상당히 영향이 있는 이산화탄소 공급량에 대한 불확실성을 고려한 연구는 거의 수행되지 않았다. 미세조류 기반 바이오 디젤을 생산 시 상당히 중요한 원료로 이용되는 이산화탄소는 화력발전소에서 발생하는 배출 가스로부터 포집하여 사용하기 때문에 이산화탄소 공급량의 불확실성은 최적의 바이오 디젤 네트워크를 구축하는데 큰 영향이 있다. 따라서, 본 연구에서는 이산화탄소 공급량의 불확실성을 고려하는 최적 공급 네트워크 설계를 결정하기 위해 2단계 확률 모델을 개발한다. 이 모델의 목표는 이산화탄소 공급량 불확실성을 고려하고 각 지역의 디젤 요구량을 충족시키면서 총 네트워크 비용을 결정하는 것이다. 이 모델은 대한민국의 디젤 수요량의 10%를 충족시키는 사례 연구를 평가하였다. 확률론적 모델(연간 갤런당 12.9 미국 달러)에 의해 결정된 최적의 바이오 디젤 공급 비용은 결정론적 모델(연간 갤런당 10.5 미국달러)의 결과보다 약간(26%) 높다. 이산화탄소 공급량이 변동되는 경우(확률론적 모델)는 바이오 디젤 공급 네트워크 전략에 상당한 영향을 미쳤다.

• 생명과학회지
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• 제25권12호
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• pp.1450-1457
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• 2015

화석 연료의 고갈과 환경 문제를 극복하기 위하여 식물성 바이오매스를 이용한 바이오연료의 생산이 큰 주목을 받고 있는 가운데 화학적 전처리를 하지 않은 바이오매스를 직접 분해할 수 있는 그램 양성 초호열성 세균 Caldicellulosiruptor bescii에 대한 관심이 높아지고 있다. C. bescii는 식물 세포벽을 구성하는 셀룰로스, 헤미셀룰로스 등의 분해 뿐만 아니라 세포벽을 연결시켜주는 pectin도 효율적으로 분해할 수 있는데 최근 C. bescii의 genetic tool이 개발되면서 바이오매스 분해에 관여하는 효소의 특성 규명과 아울러 대사공학적 방법으로 바이오에탄올을 생산하는 통합바이오공정(consolidated bioprocessing; CBP)의 개발이 가능케 되었다. 본 총설에서는 초고온성 세균인 C. bescii를 이용한 식물성 바이오매스의 분해와 바이오에탄올의 생산에 대한 최신 연구결과를 소개하고 향후 전망에 대해 논하고자 한다.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제27권9호
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• pp.1649-1656
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• 2017

In simultaneous saccharification and fermentation (SSF) for production of cellulosic biofuels, engineered Saccharomyces cerevisiae capable of fermenting cellobiose has provided several benefits, such as lower enzyme costs and faster fermentation rate compared with wild-type S. cerevisiae fermenting glucose. In this study, the effects of an alternative intracellular cellobiose utilization pathway-a phosphorolytic pathway based on a mutant cellodextrin transporter (CDT-1 (F213L)) and cellobiose phosphorylase (SdCBP)-was investigated by comparing with a hydrolytic pathway based on the same transporter and an intracellular ${\beta}$-glucosidase (GH1-1) for their SSF performances under various conditions. Whereas the phosphorolytic and hydrolytic cellobiose-fermenting S. cerevisiae strains performed similarly under the anoxic SSF conditions, the hydrolytic S. cerevisiae performed slightly better than the phosphorolytic S. cerevisiae under the microaerobic SSF conditions. Nonetheless, the phosphorolytic S. cerevisiae expressing the mutant CDT-1 showed better ethanol production than the glucose-fermenting S. cerevisiae with an extracellular ${\beta}$-glucosidase, regardless of SSF conditions. These results clearly prove that introduction of the intracellular cellobiose metabolic pathway into yeast can be effective on cellulosic ethanol production in SSF. They also demonstrate that enhancement of cellobiose transport activity in engineered yeast is the most important factor affecting the efficiency of SSF of cellulose.