Print Email Facebook Twitter Catalytic Oxidations in a Bio-Based Economy Title Catalytic Oxidations in a Bio-Based Economy Author Sheldon, R.A. (TU Delft BT/Biocatalysis; University of Witwatersrand) Date 2020 Abstract The role of bio- and chemo-catalytic aerobic oxidations in the production of commodity chemicals in a bio-refinery is reviewed. The situation is fundamentally different to that in a petrochemicals refinery where the feedstocks are gaseous or liquid hydrocarbons that are oxidized at elevated temperatures in the vapor or liquid phase under solvent-free conditions. In contrast, the feedstocks in a biorefinery are carbohydrates that are water soluble solids and their conversion will largely involve aerobic oxidations of hydroxyl functional groups in water as the solvent under relatively mild conditions of temperature and pressure. This will require the development and use of cost-effective and environmentally attractive processes using both chemo- and biocatalytic methods for alcohols and polyols. Subject alcohol oxidasesbio-based economybiocatalysisbiomasscarbohydratescatalytic oxidationwaste valorization To reference this document use: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:dbf57782-71b6-4445-a633-eae03b98aeb9 DOI https://doi.org/10.3389/fchem.2020.00132 ISSN 2296-2646 Source Frontiers in Chemistry, 8 Part of collection Institutional Repository Document type review Rights © 2020 R.A. Sheldon Files PDF fchem_08_00132.pdf 1.24 MB Close viewer /islandora/object/uuid:dbf57782-71b6-4445-a633-eae03b98aeb9/datastream/OBJ/view