Recent Developments and Current Status of Commercial Production of Fuel Ethanol
Ethanol produced from various biobased sources (bioethanol) has been gaining high attention lately due to its potential to cut down net emissions of carbon dioxide while reducing burgeoning world dependence on fossil fuels. Global ethanol production has increased more than six-fold from 18 billion l...
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| description | Ethanol produced from various biobased sources (bioethanol) has been gaining high attention lately due to its potential to cut down net emissions of carbon dioxide while reducing burgeoning world dependence on fossil fuels. Global ethanol production has increased more than six-fold from 18 billion liters at the turn of the century to 110 billion liters in 2019, only to fall to 98.6 billion liters in 2020 due to the pandemic. Sugar cane and corn have been used as the major feedstocks for ethanol production. Lignocellulosic biomass has recently been considered as another potential feedstock due to its non-food competing status and its availability in very large quantities. This paper reviews recent developments and current status of commercial production of ethanol across the world with a focus on the technological aspects. The review includes the ethanol production processes used for each type of feedstock, both currently practiced at commercial scale and still under developments, and current production trends in various regions and countries in the world. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-81595a3f4860480896140c08c9cc56802023-11-23T08:13:54ZengMDPI AGFermentation2311-56372021-12-017431410.3390/fermentation7040314Recent Developments and Current Status of Commercial Production of Fuel EthanolTuan-Dung Hoang0Nhuan Nghiem1Department of Environmental Security and Technology, Hanoi School of Business and Management, Vietnam National University, 144-Xuan Thuy Street, Hanoi 10000, VietnamBiosystems Engineering Program, Department of Environmental Engineering and Earth Sciences, Clemson University, Clemson, SC 29631, USAEthanol produced from various biobased sources (bioethanol) has been gaining high attention lately due to its potential to cut down net emissions of carbon dioxide while reducing burgeoning world dependence on fossil fuels. Global ethanol production has increased more than six-fold from 18 billion liters at the turn of the century to 110 billion liters in 2019, only to fall to 98.6 billion liters in 2020 due to the pandemic. Sugar cane and corn have been used as the major feedstocks for ethanol production. Lignocellulosic biomass has recently been considered as another potential feedstock due to its non-food competing status and its availability in very large quantities. This paper reviews recent developments and current status of commercial production of ethanol across the world with a focus on the technological aspects. The review includes the ethanol production processes used for each type of feedstock, both currently practiced at commercial scale and still under developments, and current production trends in various regions and countries in the world.https://www.mdpi.com/2311-5637/7/4/314fuel ethanolrenewable energybiobased feedstockslignocellulosic biomassfermentation processprocessing options |
| spellingShingle | Tuan-Dung Hoang Nhuan Nghiem Recent Developments and Current Status of Commercial Production of Fuel Ethanol Fermentation fuel ethanol renewable energy biobased feedstocks lignocellulosic biomass fermentation process processing options |
| title | Recent Developments and Current Status of Commercial Production of Fuel Ethanol |
| title_full | Recent Developments and Current Status of Commercial Production of Fuel Ethanol |
| title_fullStr | Recent Developments and Current Status of Commercial Production of Fuel Ethanol |
| title_full_unstemmed | Recent Developments and Current Status of Commercial Production of Fuel Ethanol |
| title_short | Recent Developments and Current Status of Commercial Production of Fuel Ethanol |
| title_sort | recent developments and current status of commercial production of fuel ethanol |
| topic | fuel ethanol renewable energy biobased feedstocks lignocellulosic biomass fermentation process processing options |
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