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Syngas and Methanol‐Based Biorefinery Concepts
Author(s) -
Frazão Cláudio J. R.,
Walther Thomas
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
chemie ingenieur technik
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.365
H-Index - 36
eISSN - 1522-2640
pISSN - 0009-286X
DOI - 10.1002/cite.202000108
Subject(s) - syngas , biorefinery , raw material , methanol , waste management , syngas to gasoline plus , process engineering , pulp and paper industry , environmental science , materials science , biochemical engineering , chemistry , engineering , catalysis , organic chemistry , steam reforming , hydrogen production
The use of syngas, which can be sustainably derived from CO 2 or from exhaust gases of steel mills, is gaining increasing interest for the synthesis of added‐value products. In this review, the state of the art and technological challenges emerging from the use of this gaseous feedstock are described. In addition, the possibility of converting syngas into methanol and its subsequent use as the substrate in a microbial fermentation stage are discussed.