A Sustainable Chemicals Manufacturing Paradigm Using CO2 and Renewable H2
Summary: The chemical industry must decarbonize to align with UN Sustainable Development Goals. A shift toward circular economies makes CO2 an attractive feedstock for producing chemicals, provided renewable H2 is available through technologies such as supercritical water (scH2O) gasification. Furth...
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doaj-7dfaed7e5a6542d19471e659fedaa2b52020-11-25T03:12:43ZengElsevieriScience2589-00422020-06-01236101218A Sustainable Chemicals Manufacturing Paradigm Using CO2 and Renewable H2Rajesh Reddy Bommareddy0Yanming Wang1Nicole Pearcy2Martin Hayes3Edward Lester4Nigel P. Minton5Alex V. Conradie6BBSRC/EPSRC Synthetic Biology Research Centre, Biodiscovery Institute (BDI), School of Life Sciences, University of Nottingham, Nottingham NG7 2RD, UK; Corresponding authorBBSRC/EPSRC Synthetic Biology Research Centre, Biodiscovery Institute (BDI), School of Life Sciences, University of Nottingham, Nottingham NG7 2RD, UKBBSRC/EPSRC Synthetic Biology Research Centre, Biodiscovery Institute (BDI), School of Life Sciences, University of Nottingham, Nottingham NG7 2RD, UKJohnson Matthey Technology Centre, 28 Cambridge Science Park, Milton Road, Cambridge CB4 0 FP, UKDepartment of Chemical & Environmental Engineering, University of Nottingham, Nottingham NG7 2RD, UKBBSRC/EPSRC Synthetic Biology Research Centre, Biodiscovery Institute (BDI), School of Life Sciences, University of Nottingham, Nottingham NG7 2RD, UKDepartment of Chemical & Environmental Engineering, University of Nottingham, Nottingham NG7 2RD, UK; Corresponding authorSummary: The chemical industry must decarbonize to align with UN Sustainable Development Goals. A shift toward circular economies makes CO2 an attractive feedstock for producing chemicals, provided renewable H2 is available through technologies such as supercritical water (scH2O) gasification. Furthermore, high carbon and energy efficiency is paramount to favorable techno-economics, which poses a challenge to chemo-catalysis. This study demonstrates continuous gas fermentation of CO2 and H2 by the cell factory, Cupriavidus necator, to (R,R)-2,3-butanediol and isopropanol as case studies. Although a high carbon efficiency of 0.75 [(C-mol product)/(C-mol CO2)] is exemplified, the poor energy efficiency of biological CO2 fixation requires ∼8 [(mol H2)/(mol CO2)], which is techno-economically infeasible for producing commodity chemicals. Heat integration between exothermic gas fermentation and endothermic scH2O gasification overcomes this energy inefficiency. This study unlocks the promise of sustainable manufacturing using renewable feedstocks by combining the carbon efficiency of bio-catalysis with energy efficiency enforced through process engineering.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S258900422030403XChemical EngineeringProcess EngineeringMetabolic Engineering |
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A Sustainable Chemicals Manufacturing Paradigm Using CO2 and Renewable H2 |
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A Sustainable Chemicals Manufacturing Paradigm Using CO2 and Renewable H2 |
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A Sustainable Chemicals Manufacturing Paradigm Using CO2 and Renewable H2 |
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A Sustainable Chemicals Manufacturing Paradigm Using CO2 and Renewable H2 |
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sustainable chemicals manufacturing paradigm using co2 and renewable h2 |
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Summary: The chemical industry must decarbonize to align with UN Sustainable Development Goals. A shift toward circular economies makes CO2 an attractive feedstock for producing chemicals, provided renewable H2 is available through technologies such as supercritical water (scH2O) gasification. Furthermore, high carbon and energy efficiency is paramount to favorable techno-economics, which poses a challenge to chemo-catalysis. This study demonstrates continuous gas fermentation of CO2 and H2 by the cell factory, Cupriavidus necator, to (R,R)-2,3-butanediol and isopropanol as case studies. Although a high carbon efficiency of 0.75 [(C-mol product)/(C-mol CO2)] is exemplified, the poor energy efficiency of biological CO2 fixation requires ∼8 [(mol H2)/(mol CO2)], which is techno-economically infeasible for producing commodity chemicals. Heat integration between exothermic gas fermentation and endothermic scH2O gasification overcomes this energy inefficiency. This study unlocks the promise of sustainable manufacturing using renewable feedstocks by combining the carbon efficiency of bio-catalysis with energy efficiency enforced through process engineering. |
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