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van Aalst, A.C.A. (author)The production of ethanol by the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae remains the process in industrial biotechnology with the largest product volume (ca. 100 million litres annually in 2022). Carbon losses occur due to the formation of biomass and glycerol, which can account for at least 8% of the product. Under anaerobic conditions, formation of...doctoral thesis 2023
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't Hart, Pieter (author), Pruyn, J.F.J. (author), Ferrari, Felipe (author)Many fuels are currently considered for reducing the emissions in shipping; Methanol, LNG, Ammonia, Nuclear, Biodiesel, etc. However, Bio-ethanol is not considered at all.This research looked into all aspects of ethanol in a comparison with its most closely related alternative methanol. Using a similar approach as found in earlier comparisons....report 2023
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Bedryk, Olesja (author), Shevchenko, Alexander (author), Mishchenko, O. S. (author), Maleta, Vladimir N. (author), Kiss, A.A. (author)This study provides novel details about the industrial use of cyclic distillation in the production of food-grade alcohol, which confirmed the theoretical predictions of increasing separation efficiency. Increasing the profitability of the production of ethanol food grade is primarily associated with an increase in product quality and...journal article 2023
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Minden, Steven (author), Aniolek, Maria (author), Noorman, H.J. (author), Takors, Ralf (author)Commercial-scale bioreactors create an unnatural environment for microbes from an evolutionary point of view. Mixing insufficiencies expose individual cells to fluctuating nutrient concentrations on a second-to-minute scale while transcriptional and translational capacities limit the microbial adaptation time from minutes to hours. This...journal article 2023
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Becerra-Pérez, Luis Armando (author), Rincón, Luis E. (author), Posada Duque, J.A. (author)Most gasoline currently consumed in Mexico continues to be oxygenated with Methyl Tert-Butyl Ether (MTBE) despite its proven effects on the environment and human health. Hence, the existence of a regulatory framework on biofuels and various institutional efforts have not been sufficient to develop a national market for anhydrous ethanol use...journal article 2023
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van Aalst, A.C.A. (author), Jansen, Mickel L.A. (author), Mans, R. (author), Pronk, J.T. (author)Background: Anaerobic Saccharomyces cerevisiae cultures require glycerol formation to re-oxidize NADH formed in biosynthetic processes. Introduction of the Calvin-cycle enzymes phosphoribulokinase (PRK) and ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase (RuBisCO) has been shown to couple re-oxidation of biosynthetic NADH to ethanol...journal article 2023
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Shijaz, H. (author), Gallucci, Fausto (author), Straathof, Adrie J.J. (author), Posada Duque, J.A. (author)Syngas fermentation is a biochemical pathway to produce ethanol and has been commercialized successfully. The economic viability of this process could be further improved to become more competitive in the existing ethanol market. Improving gas utilization is the key, and can be done by recycling the unreacted syngas. This work is an early...book chapter 2023
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Tambağ, Emre (author)With hydrazine on the list of "substances of very high concern" by the European Chemicals Agency; hence alternative (storable) liquid rocket propellants are being developed which are less hazardous. During this feasibility study, experiments have been performed with a thermal ignition system in combination with hydrogen peroxide and ethanol as...master thesis 2022
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Gartland, Nicolas (author), Pruyn, J.F.J. (author)The design and preliminary estimations of biomass supply chains are essential in matching energy supply to energy demand. This is especially true of novel/future fuels and technologies in large industries. In this paper, a Mixed Integer Linear Programming (MILP) model was formulated to represent biofuel supply chains across Europe for the...journal article 2022
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Becerra Perez, L.A. (author), Rincón, Luis E. (author), Posada Duque, J.A. (author)There is global pressure to make advanced biofuels profitable. For cellulosic ethanol, three aspects remain as bottlenecks: collection of feedstocks, pretreatment methods, and enzyme production. In this paper, the first aspect is investigated, by addressing the main challenges for the logistics of agricultural residues. A logistic supply...journal article 2022
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Puiman, L. (author), Abrahamson, Britt (author), van der Lans, R.G.J.M. (author), Haringa, C. (author), Noorman, H.J. (author), Picioreanu, C. (author)Mass transfer limitations in syngas fermentation processes are mostly attributed to poor solubility of CO and H<sub>2</sub> in water. Despite these assumed limitations, a syngas fermentation process has recently been commercialized. Using large-sale external-loop gas-lift reactors (EL-GLR), CO-rich off-gases are converted into ethanol, with...journal article 2022
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van Aalst, A.C.A. (author), Mans, R. (author), Pronk, J.T. (author)Background: Saccharomyces cerevisiae is intensively used for industrial ethanol production. Its native fermentation pathway enables a maximum product yield of 2 mol of ethanol per mole of glucose. Based on conservation laws, supply of additional electrons could support even higher ethanol yields. However, this option is disallowed by the...journal article 2022
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Almeida Benalcazar, E.F. (author), Noorman, H.J. (author), Maciel Filho, Rubens (author), Posada Duque, J.A. (author)This study explores key success factors for ethanol production via fermentation of gas streams, by assessing the effects of eight process variables driving the fermentation performance on the production costs and greenhouse gas emissions. Three fermentation feedstocks are assessed: off-gases from the steel industry, lignocellulosic biomass...journal article 2022
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Puiman, Lars (author), Perdigão Elisiário, M. (author), Crasborn, Lilo M.L. (author), Wagenaar, Liselot E.C.H. (author), Straathof, Adrie J.J. (author), Haringa, C. (author)In gas fermentations (using O2, CO, H2, CH4 or CO2), gas-to-liquid mass transfer is often regarded as one of the limiting processes. However, it is widely known that components in fermentation broths (e.g., salts, biomass, proteins, antifoam, and organic products such as alcohols and acids) have tremendous impact on the volumetric mass transfer...journal article 2022
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Rabah, Malek (author)Upcycling of the biomass residues and wastes is a necessary innovation within the given environmental and economic trends, policies and regulations, competition and depletion of natural resources taking place nowadays. Thus, wood pallet upcycling is chosen in this thesis to be the ambassador of biomass. <br/>Research is built upon the...master thesis 2021
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Molenberg, Ilse (author)This thesis report is written as part of the Master Aerospace Engineering - Space Flight of the Delft University of Technology. The thesis was started in November 2020 and completed by June 30, 2021. The space industry is dominated by traditional highly toxic propellants, namely hydrazine. Due to its carcinogenic nature, REACH makes provisions...master thesis 2021
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Borsboom, Tommy (author)An important topic in the field of rocket propulsion is the development of a new green advanced hypergolic rocket propulsion system. The current hypergolic propellants have one large drawback, namely the toxic properties. The injector has a crucial role in the performance of a liquid engine. Therefore, the next step in the development of this...master thesis 2021
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Mendonck, Michiel (author)Comets are celestial objects that are thought to have formed at the outer edges of our solar system. The ices they contain is thought to be preserved since their formation in the molecular cloud phase, before the formation of the sun. The formation of ices in the molecular cloud occur via the ice mantle accretion rocess, by condensation of...master thesis 2021
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Tanzer, S.E. (author), Blok, K. (author), Ramirez, Andrea (author)Purpose of Review: This paper reviews recent literature on the combined use of bioenergy with carbon capture and storage (BECCS) in the industries of steel, cement, paper, ethanol, and chemicals, focusing on estimates of potential costs and the possibility of achieving “negative emissions”. Recent Findings: Bioethanol is seen as a potential near...review 2021
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Sun, Xiaoliang (author), Zhou, Guanggang (author), Liu, Z. (author), Zhu, Jianwei (author), Guo, Fengzhi (author), Chen, Junqing (author), He, Wenhao (author), Wang, Ning (author), Zhao, Ge (author), Lu, Guiwu (author)The controllability of mining is a key factor affecting the commercial application of methane hydrates, and the addition of chemical additives can significantly accelerate the mining process. However, the effect of additive concentration on hydrate decomposition is not yet well understood. In this study, we systematically investigate the...journal article 2021