Microbial production of high octane and high sensitivity olefinic ester biofuels.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Advanced spark ignition engines require high performance fuels with improved resistance to autoignition. Biologically derived olefinic alcohols have arisen as promising blendstock candidates due to favorable octane numbers and synergistic blending characteristics. However, production and downstream separation of these alcohols are limited by their intrinsic toxicity and high aqueous solubility, respectively. Bioproduction of carboxylate esters of alcohols can improve partitioning and reduce toxicity, but in practice has been limited to saturated esters with characteristically low octane sensitivity. If olefinic esters retain the synergistic blending characteristics of their alcohol counterparts, they could improve the bioblendstock combustion performance while also retai

SUBMITTER: Carruthers DN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10071710 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature