By Jacqueline Vuong
Energy is an important necessity for the advancements of technology, transportation, and necessities. However, the majority of the energy that allows technology to continue thriving are non-renewable resources, such as fossil fuels. About 90 % of our energy comes from fossil resources in chemical industries. One of the main challenges of humans is the emission of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere of the earth, thus, creating pollution. Biomass (sugar, corn, cellulose, etc) is a resource that is available globally and may be an alternative raw material as a source for the foundation of buildings, and perhaps as an alternate resource that can fully replace fossil fuels as an energy source.
The process involves the damage of the biomass and then the removal of oxygen from the structural component of the primary cell wall through catalytic processes. This will result in the formation of initial platform chemicals, or IPCs. Recent studies on the transformation of biomass into IPCs through catalytic transformation has advanced and developed through bioengineered enzymes and utilizing yeast strains in fermentation, such as in the formation of Ethanol to be use as biofuel. A variety of biomass undergo different treatments to break down the materials into its basic components. The components will undergo fermentation, filtration, distillation, dehydration, and convert into Bioethanol. The ability to develop a new sustainability system in the chemical industry provides new methods to reduce ecological footprints.
Variety of biomass resources used to develop Bioethanol.
Energy is an important necessity for the advancements of technology, transportation, and necessities. However, the majority of the energy that allows technology to continue thriving are non-renewable resources, such as fossil fuels. About 90 % of our energy comes from fossil resources in chemical industries. One of the main challenges of humans is the emission of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere of the earth, thus, creating pollution. Biomass (sugar, corn, cellulose, etc) is a resource that is available globally and may be an alternative raw material as a source for the foundation of buildings, and perhaps as an alternate resource that can fully replace fossil fuels as an energy source.
The process involves the damage of the biomass and then the removal of oxygen from the structural component of the primary cell wall through catalytic processes. This will result in the formation of initial platform chemicals, or IPCs. Recent studies on the transformation of biomass into IPCs through catalytic transformation has advanced and developed through bioengineered enzymes and utilizing yeast strains in fermentation, such as in the formation of Ethanol to be use as biofuel. A variety of biomass undergo different treatments to break down the materials into its basic components. The components will undergo fermentation, filtration, distillation, dehydration, and convert into Bioethanol. The ability to develop a new sustainability system in the chemical industry provides new methods to reduce ecological footprints.
Variety of biomass resources used to develop Bioethanol.
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