To reduce the dependency on petroleum-based products and emission of greenhouse gas,renewable biofuels and chemicals play an important role to meet the unmatched energy demands of the rapidly growing population.Howeve...To reduce the dependency on petroleum-based products and emission of greenhouse gas,renewable biofuels and chemicals play an important role to meet the unmatched energy demands of the rapidly growing population.However,most biofuel and chemical products do not reach the commercialization stage,mainly hindered by incomparable economics to petroproducts.Techno-economic assessment(TEA)is a useful tool to estimate eco-nomic performance,and identify bottlenecks for the development of biofuel and chemical production technology,meanwhile,life cycle assessment(LCA)is applied to assess sustainability by reducing the environmental impact of biofuel and chemical production.This present review covers TEA and LCA research progress in the manufacturing of biofuels and biochemical,and discusses the impacts of TEA and LCA results on the development and optimi-zation of biofuel and chemical production.In addition,challenges associated with TEA and LCA of biofuel and biochemical production were briefly overviewed,and potential approaches that may overcome such challenges were discussed enabling viable and sustainable biomanufacturing of fuels and chemicals.Future integrated TEA and LCA studies could significantly promote the economic and sustainable development of the biomanufacturing process.展开更多
Methanotrophic bacteria are entities with innate biocatalytic potential to biofilter and oxidize methane into simpler compounds concomitantly conserving energy,which can contribute to copious industrial applications.T...Methanotrophic bacteria are entities with innate biocatalytic potential to biofilter and oxidize methane into simpler compounds concomitantly conserving energy,which can contribute to copious industrial applications.The future and efficacy of such industrial applications relies upon acquiring and/or securing robust methanotrophs with taxonomic and phenotypic diversity.Despite several dramatic advances,isolation of robust methanotrophs is still a long-way challenging task with several lacunae to be filled in sequentially.Methanotrophs with high tolerance to methane can be isolated and cultivated by mimicking natural environs,and adopting strategies like adaptive metabolic evolution.This review summarizes existent and innovative methods for methanotrophic isolation and purification,and their respective applications.A comprehensive description of new insights shedding light upon how to isolate and concomitantly augment robust methanotrophic metabolism in an orchestrated fashion follows.展开更多
基金supported by the National Key Research and Development Program of China(2021YFC2103500)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(21878241,22178281)the Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars of Shaanxi Province(2022JC-09).
文摘To reduce the dependency on petroleum-based products and emission of greenhouse gas,renewable biofuels and chemicals play an important role to meet the unmatched energy demands of the rapidly growing population.However,most biofuel and chemical products do not reach the commercialization stage,mainly hindered by incomparable economics to petroproducts.Techno-economic assessment(TEA)is a useful tool to estimate eco-nomic performance,and identify bottlenecks for the development of biofuel and chemical production technology,meanwhile,life cycle assessment(LCA)is applied to assess sustainability by reducing the environmental impact of biofuel and chemical production.This present review covers TEA and LCA research progress in the manufacturing of biofuels and biochemical,and discusses the impacts of TEA and LCA results on the development and optimi-zation of biofuel and chemical production.In addition,challenges associated with TEA and LCA of biofuel and biochemical production were briefly overviewed,and potential approaches that may overcome such challenges were discussed enabling viable and sustainable biomanufacturing of fuels and chemicals.Future integrated TEA and LCA studies could significantly promote the economic and sustainable development of the biomanufacturing process.
基金This work is supported by the National Key R&D Program of China(2018YFA0901500)National Natural Science Foundation of China(21878241)and Open Funding Project of the State Key Laboratory of Bioreactor Engineering.
文摘Methanotrophic bacteria are entities with innate biocatalytic potential to biofilter and oxidize methane into simpler compounds concomitantly conserving energy,which can contribute to copious industrial applications.The future and efficacy of such industrial applications relies upon acquiring and/or securing robust methanotrophs with taxonomic and phenotypic diversity.Despite several dramatic advances,isolation of robust methanotrophs is still a long-way challenging task with several lacunae to be filled in sequentially.Methanotrophs with high tolerance to methane can be isolated and cultivated by mimicking natural environs,and adopting strategies like adaptive metabolic evolution.This review summarizes existent and innovative methods for methanotrophic isolation and purification,and their respective applications.A comprehensive description of new insights shedding light upon how to isolate and concomitantly augment robust methanotrophic metabolism in an orchestrated fashion follows.
