Synthesis and techno-economic assessment of microbial-based processes for terpenes production.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Recent advances in metabolic engineering enable the production of chemicals from sugars through microbial bio-conversion. Terpenes have attracted substantial attention due to their relatively high prices and wide applications in different industries. To this end, we synthesize and assess processes for microbial production of terpenes.

Results

To explain a counterintuitive experimental phenomenon where terpenes such as limonene (normal boiling point 176 °C) are often found to be 100% present in the vapor phase after bio-conversion (operating at only ~ 30 °C), we first analyze the vapor-liquid equilibrium for systems containing terpenes. Then, we propose alternative production configurations, which are further studied, using limonene as an example, in several case s

SUBMITTER: Wu W 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6203976 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature