Defining Moment for Bioplastic Feedstock Developments

The decline of crude oil prices during 2015 forward has hampered the growth of bioplastics, but there are remarkable technology achievements to make biochemical building blocks.Defining Moment for Bioplastic Feedstock Developments was originally published on DalinYebo.com: Bioeconomy Consultants : Innovative Minds   

Biomass Suitable for Furfural Production

“Biomass Gallery” from dalinyebo.com/biomassDuring 10 years of furfural process R&D, the team at International Furan Technology (“IFT”), a DalinYebo subsidiary, investigated and developed solutions mainly for the use of solid biomass. A large variety of biomass was tested and characterised for its handling and processing characteristics: There were others, that did not have the potential…

Biomass Suitable for Furfural Production was originally published on DalinYebo.com: Bioeconomy Consultants : Innovative Minds

 

 

 

Bio-based Solutions of the Future

Multiple market applications are being targeted that broadens the horizon further for bio-based materials. Climate change is real. It is happening right now. It is the most urgent threat facing our entire species, and we need to work collectively together and stop procrastinating.

Bio-based Solutions of the Future was originally published on DalinYebo.com: Bioeconomy Consultants : Innovative Minds

 

 

 

Beautiful Biotechnology for Biofuels

Graphical abstract: Propane synthesis derived from a fermentative butanol pathway is enabled by metabolic engineering (biotechnologyforbiofuels.com).[/caption] µ-BioRefinery™ or n-BioRefinery™ are two of DalinYebo’s biorefining platforms that are designed for future technologies such as the one described in the the following research article: A microbial platform for renewable propane synthesis based on a fermentative butanol pathway…

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California won’t list furfuryl alcohol under Prop 65

California Environmental Protection Agency’s Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) has announced it will not list furfuryl alcohol, also known as 2-furanmethanol, as a chemical known to the State to cause cancer under Proposition 65 [1]. The substance is formed in foods during thermal processing and as a result of the dehydration of sugars,…

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Biorefineries Give Local Farmers Opportunities for Additional Income

Selling the corn plant residue after their corn harvest has generated a new revenue stream for many farmers, including Bruce. Watch a video segment about Bruce’s story at the beginning of the film “Bioenergy: America’s Energy Future".

Biorefineries Give Local Farmers Opportunities for Additional Income was originally published on DalinYebo.com: Bioeconomy Consultants : Innovative Minds

 

 

 

Bioeconomy: $369bn and 4 Million Jobs Added to US Economy in 2013

Each job in the US bioeconomy adds 1.64 jobs in adjacent sectors. An economic impact analysis of the US biobased products industry showed that in 2013 4 million jobs and  US$369bn were added to US economy. In Africa, we can expect an even higher job creation rate (See: GreenEnergyPark™ biorefinery). The following report was obtained…

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Bioeconomy: $369bn and 4 Million Jobs Added to US Economy in 2013 from DalinYebo.com: Bioeconomy Consultants : Innovative Minds

 

 

 

Levulinic Acid from Furfuryl Alcohol in THF Solvent Systems

Furfuryl alcohol was hydrolysed to levulinic acid with  yields >70%.   (ACS Catalysis)[/caption] American and Brazilian Researchers observed a reduction of the  furfuryl alcohol polymerization reactions, when using a zeolite to hydrolyse furfuryl alcohol in THF (a furfural by-product) , thus increasing the yields over 70%. Two extracts from their report explain the importance of their…

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