Production of Caproic Acid from Mixed Organic Waste: An Environmental Life Cycle Perspective.

ABSTRACT: Caproic acid is an emerging platform chemical with diverse applications. Recently, a novel biorefinery process, that is, chain elongation, was developed to convert mixed organic waste and ethanol into renewable caproic acids. In the coming years, this process may become commercialized, and continuing to improve on the basis of numerous ongoing technological and microbiological studies. This study aims to analyze the environmental performance of caproic acid production from mixed organic waste via chain elongation at this current, early stage of technological development. To this end, a life cycle assessment (LCA) was performed to evaluate the environmental impact of producing 1 kg caproic acid from organic waste via chain elongation, in both a lab-scale and a pilot-scale system. Two mixed

SUBMITTER: Chen WS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5480234 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature