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Techno-Economic-Environmental Analysis of Sophorolipid Biosurfactant Production from Sugarcane Bagasse

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Author(s):
Elias, Andrew M. [1, 2] ; Longati, Andreza A. [3] ; Ellamla, Harikishan R. [4] ; Furlan, Felipe F. [2, 4] ; Ribeiro, Marcelo P. A. [2, 4] ; Marcelino, Paulo R. F. [5] ; dos Santos, Julio C. [5] ; da Silva, Silvio S. [5] ; Giordano, Roberto C. [2, 4]
Total Authors: 9
Affiliation:
[1] Embrapa Instrumentat, BR-13560970 Sao Carlos, SP - Brazil
[2] Fed Univ Sao Carlos PPGEQ UFSCar, Grad Program Chem Engn, BR-13565905 Sao Carlos, SP - Brazil
[3] Univ Estadual Campinas, Dept Mat & Bioproc Engn, Sch Chem Engn, BR-13083852 Campinas, SP - Brazil
[4] Fed Univ Sao Carlos DEQ UFSCar, Dept Chem Engn, BR-13565905 Sao Carlos, SP - Brazil
[5] Univ Sao Paulo, Engn Sch Lorena, Dept Biotechnol, BR-12602810 Lorena, SP - Brazil
Total Affiliations: 5
Document type: Journal article
Source: Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research; v. 60, n. 27, p. 9833-9850, JUL 14 2021.
Web of Science Citations: 0
Abstract

In a carbon-neutral economy, biorefineries may replace oil refineries, providing materials and molecules. One of these products are biosurfactants (BSs), which can be produced from sugarcane bagasse. Two different processes for BS production were proposed and evaluated from a technoeconomic environmental perspective. Global sensitivity and uncertainty analyses (GSA and UA) assessed the most influential variables and the uncertainties regarding the minimum BS selling price (MBSSP), together with several environmental metrics. Both processes presented positive economic performance. The analysis showed that the second scenario (using liquid hot water pretreatment without detoxification and BS recovery by two steps of ultrafiltration) presented superior economic and environmental performance. The second scenario had a 59.7% probability of having a MBSSP below 20 \$/kg, against 47.1% for the first one. GSA showed that effort should be focused on decreasing uncertainty regarding the bioreactor performance and scaleup (for both scenarios) and the ultrafiltration performance (for the second scenario). (AU)

FAPESP's process: 19/15851-2 - Reverse techno-economic-environmental analysis carotenoids production microbial oil by the Rhodotorula toruloides oleaginous yeast from the hemicellulose fraction of sugarcane bagasse integrated into the biorefinery ethanol-biodiesel
Grantee:Andreza Aparecida Longati de Oliveira
Support type: Scholarships in Brazil - Post-Doctorate
FAPESP's process: 16/10636-8 - From the cell factory to the Biodiesel-Bioethanol integrated biorefinery: a systems approach applied to complex problems in micro and macroscales
Grantee:Roberto de Campos Giordano
Support type: Program for Research on Bioenergy (BIOEN) - Thematic Grants
FAPESP's process: 17/13349-2 - Reverse techno-economic-environmental analysis of integrated biorefinery biodiesel-bioethanol (1G-2G) processes
Grantee:Harikishan Reddy Ellamla
Support type: Scholarships in Brazil - Post-Doctorate
FAPESP's process: 16/14852-7 - A sustainable solution against neglected tropical diseases using biosurfactants produced by yeasts in sugarcane bagasse hemicellulosic hydrolyzate
Grantee:Paulo Ricardo Franco Marcelino
Support type: Scholarships in Brazil - Post-Doctorate
FAPESP's process: 20/15450-5 - Bioprocesses systems engineering applied to the production of biofertilizers: from integrated biorefinery to microorganisms
Grantee:Andrew Milli Elias
Support type: Scholarships in Brazil - Post-Doctorate