• Transactions of the Korean hydrogen and new energy society
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• v.27 no.6
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• pp.702-711
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• 2016

The authors reviewed information about biorefining of biomass by using academic information databases. Feedstocks were classified into triglycerides biomass, sugar biomass, starchy biomass, lignocellulosic biomass, and organic waste biomass. Biorefinery is an integrated system converting biomass into biofuels and biochemicals by various physical, chemical, biological, and thermochemical technologies. This paper presented a comprehensive summaries of opportunities, recent trends and challenges of biorefinery. A brief overview of promising building blocks, their sources from biomass, and their derivatives were also provided. In conclusion, this paper demonstrated the feasibility of biorefinery producing biofuels and biochemicals from biomass.

• Journal of Energy Engineering
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• v.22 no.3
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• pp.250-261
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• 2013

In order to overcome the 21st century's challenges such as national energy supply security, global warming, and resource depletion, we are struggling to accelerate the paradigm shift in our life style from fossil fuel-based economy to biomass-based economy. In the context of sustainable bioeconomy revitalization, we comprehensively review the development status of the biorefinery as a system for bioenergy/biochemicals co-products on the basis of the various categories according to six criteria.

• Proceedings of the Korea Technical Association of the Pulp and Paper Industry Conference
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• 2008.10a
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• pp.178-178
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• 2008

• Korean Journal of Weed Science
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• v.30 no.4
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• pp.340-360
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• 2010

The depletion of fossil fuels, ecological problems associated with $CO_2$ emissions climate change, growing world population, and future energy supplies are forcing the development of alternative resources for energy (heat and electricity), transport fuels and chemicals: the replacement of fossil resources with $CO_2$ neutral biomass. Several options exist to cover energy supplies of the future, including solar, wind, and water power; however, chemical carbon source can get from biomass only. When used in combination with environmental friend production and processing technology, the use of biomass can be seen as a sustainable alternative to conventional chemical feedstocks. The biorefinery concept is analogous to today's petroleum refinery, which produce multiple fuels and chemical products from petroleum. A biorefinery is a facility that integrates biomass conversion processes and equipment to produce fuels, power, and value-added chemicals from biomass. Biorefinery is the co-production of a spectrum of bio-based products (food, feed, materials, and chemicals) and energy (fuels, power, and heat) from biomass [definition IEA Bioenergy Task 42]. By producing multiple products, a biorefinery takes advantage of the various components in biomass and their intermediates therefore maximizing the value derived from the biomass feedstocks. A biorefinery could, for example, produce one or several low-volume, but high-value, chemical or nutraceutical products and a low-value, but high-volume liquid transportation fuel such as biodiesel or bioethanol. Future biorefinery may play a major role in producing chemicals and materials as a bridge between agriculture and chemistry that are traditionally produced from petroleum. Industrial biotechnology is expected to significantly complement or replace the current petroleum-based industry and to play an important role.

• Applied Chemistry for Engineering
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• v.30 no.5
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• pp.627-632
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• 2019

In this study, Laminaria japonica was used as a substrate for a mixed aerobic microbial consortium. Laminaria japonica is well-known as a representative brown algal biomass possessing advantages of cheap cost, and high productivity and carbohydrate content. A biological saccharification system was established by inoculating and enriching the mixed aerobic microbial consortium. Production of the soluble carbohydrate and reducing sugar at different hydraulic retention times (HRT) was observed. The efficiency of saccharification increased according to the decrease of HRT. The maximum saccharification yield in a continuous biological pretreatment process was 17.96 and 4.30 g/L/day for the soluble carbohydrate and reducing sugar, respectively at the HRT of 1 day. In contrast, the staccharification yield decreased drastically at the HRT of 0.5 day. Experimental results indicate that Laminaria japonica is a promising material for the production of useful products, in particular for the saccharification through a biorefinery process. It can thus be concluded that a continuous biological pretreatment process using a mixed cultivation system can be successfully employed for the biorefinery technology.

• Bulletin of Food Technology
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• v.26 no.3
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• pp.188-194
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• 2013

글로벌동향브리핑(GTB)에서는 100여명의 국내 외 과학기술 전문가가 농림 수산, 생명과학, 보건 의료 등 19개 주제로 해외 과학기술동향을 소개하고 있다. 이를 바탕으로 식품분야의 최신 해외과학기술 주요동향을 요약하여 재정리 하고자 한다. 농수축산물을 포함하여 대다수의 식품은 좋은 음식으로서의 기능 뿐 아니라, 다양한 용도로 활용된다. 점차 이러한 연구가 많아지고 있으며 활용의 범주가 바이오리파이너리, 에너지 생산 외에도 의학, 화학산업 등으로 다양하다. 이번 호에서는 지난해부터 발표된 식품의 새로운 용도가 발견된 결과를 다루고자 한다.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Precision Engineering
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• v.28 no.2
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• pp.154-167
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• 2011

Recently, microalgae have been focused on potential biomass for bio-diesel and biorefinery process. The aim of this paper is to review the biorefinery process including biodesel using microalgae as a microreactor. The state-of-the-art of biodiesel and biorefinery research such as extraction and reaction process as well as byproducts utilization is described. In addition, we suggest possibility for develop bioactive substances and their industrial products from byproducts of microalgae massively obtained after bio-diesel extraction.

• New & Renewable Energy
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• v.2 no.1 s.5
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• pp.14-20
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• 2006

본고에서는 고유가에 대한 대응 효과가 높아 주목을 받고 있는 바이오에너지 기술의 개발 현황 및 전망에 대해 기술하였다. 바이오에너지는 열 또는 전기를 생산하는 여타의 신재생에너지원과는 달리 에너지의 장기 저장이 가능한 연료의 형태로 생산 가능하다는 장점이 있다. 바이오에너지 생산에 사용되는 원료인 바이오매스에는 유기성 폐기물, 농임산 부산물과 에너지 작물 등이 있으며 이들로부터 에너지를 생산하는데 적용되는 기술도 열화학적 기술과 생물학적 전환 기술이 있다. 적용된 기술에 따라 생산된 바이오에너지는 열, 전기뿐만 아니라 수송용 대체연료 등의 형태로 활용된다. 이러한 바이오에너지기술 중 일부는 상용화 되어 실제 보급 중에 있으며 다른 기술들은 보다 미래 기술로 개발 중에 있다. 국내외에서 상용되었거나 개발 중인 주요 바이오에너지 기술의 R&D 현황 및 전망에 대해 요약하였다.

• Applied Chemistry for Engineering
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• v.25 no.2
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• pp.134-141
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• 2014

As the concerns about environmental problems, climate change and limited fossil resources increase, bio-based production of chemicals and polymers from renewable resources gains much attention as one of the promising solutions to deal with these problems. To solve these problems, much effort has been devoted to the development of sustainable process using renewable resources. Recently, many chemicals and polymers have been synthesized by biorefinery process and these bio-based chemicals and plastics have been suggested as strong candidates to substitute petroleum-based products. In this review, we discuss current advances on the development of metabolically engineered microorganisms for the efficient production of bio-based chemicals and polymers.

• Applied Chemistry for Engineering
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• v.27 no.1
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• pp.10-15
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• 2016

In this new energy economy era, the importance of renewable energy resource needs to be highly addressed, as the demand of energy dramatically increases and fossil fuel is being exhausted. Lignocellulosic biomass is considered as the sustainable and renewable feedstock to produce biochemicals and biofuels that are the alternative for petroleum derived products. Furfural is a natural precursor for the range of furan based chemicals and solvents such as methylfuran, tetrahydrofuran, methyltetrahydrofuran, ethyltetrahydrofuryl ether, ethyl levulinate, levulinic acid, and alkanes. Thus, furfural should be a renewable platform chemical for biochemicals and renewable biofuels. In this paper, the concept of biorefinery, furfural production and its applications are briefly reviewed.