http://www.che.com Chemical Engineering en-us 2013 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 13:18:53 EDT Although several antimicrobial hydrogels have been developed in recent years, they all have one or more drawbacks, such as possible toxicity, insufficient stability and biodegradability, and high costs. These and other drawbacks have been overcome with a synthetic hydrogel being developed by researchers from... http://www.che.com/chementator/bioprocessing/10450.html Wed, 1 May 2013 0:00:00 EDT Lately there has been much renewed interest in fermentative production of n-butanol from renewable biomass as an industrial solvent and liquid fuel superior to ethanol that could be used as a substitute for gasoline. An improved butanol production through the reinforcement of the direct butanol-forming route... http://www.che.com/chementator/bioprocessing/9971.html Sat, 1 Dec 2012 0:00:00 EST A demonstration plant for the production of acetic acid from the carbon dioxide in industrial offgases will be built at an operating plant of Petronas (Kuala Lumpur; www.petronas.com.my), Malaysia’s national oil company, under an agreement with LanzaTech (Roselle, Ill.; www.lanzatech.com), developer of... http://www.che.com/chementator/bioprocessing/9973.html Sat, 1 Dec 2012 0:00:00 EST Newlight Technologies (Irvine, Calif.; www.newlight.com) has launched commercial production of a polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA) thermoplastic made from air and greenhouse gases, such as methane, that can be manufactured less expensively than conventional petroleum-derived alternatives, using a novel... http://www.che.com/chementator/bioprocessing/9975.html Sat, 1 Dec 2012 0:00:00 EST Linde Gases (Murray Hill, N.J.; www.linde-gases.com) has developed a novel cryogenic technology that promotes uniformity in the formation of ice crystals during freeze-drying (lyophilization) processes for proteins, vaccines and other injectable pharmaceutical products. Lyophilization involves freezing a... http://www.che.com/chementator/bioprocessing/9629.html Sat, 1 Sep 2012 0:00:00 EDT A move toward bio-based malic acid... Novozymes A/S (Copenhagen, Denmark; www.novozymes.com) has developed a strain of metabolically engineered Aspergillus oryzae fungus that is capable of producing the four-carbon, dicarboxylic acid compound malic acid. The chemical building block malic acid is used as a... http://www.che.com/chementator/bioprocessing/9637.html Sat, 1 Sep 2012 0:00:00 EDT Proterro Inc. (Princeton, N.J.; www. proterro.com) has demonstrated technology for directly producing sucrose as a feedstock for bio-based chemicals and biofuels that avoids the need for cellulosic biomass and energy crops. Using a genetically engineered strain of photosynthetic cyanobacteria and a unique... http://www.che.com/chementator/bioprocessing/9369.html Fri, 1 Jun 2012 0:00:00 EDT This month, Borregaard Industries Ltd. (Sarpsborg, Norway; www.borregaard.com) will start up an integrated, pilot-demonstration plant to further develop a new pretreatment process for converting biomass into lignin and fermentable sugars. Located at the company’s R&D Center in Sarpsborg, the pilot... http://www.che.com/chementator/bioprocessing/9252.html Tue, 1 May 2012 0:00:00 EDT The technology surrounding a hydrolysis- and fermentation-based process that is capable of utilizing municipal solid waste (MSW) and biomass waste to produce cellulosic bioethanol at low cost is now available for licensing from its developer, TMO Renewables Ltd. (Guildford, U.K.; www.tmo-group.com). Several... http://www.che.com/chementator/bioprocessing/9294.html Tue, 1 May 2012 0:00:00 EDT The first commercial-scale biobutanol plant using the Gevo Integrated Fermentation Technology (GIFT) process is set to come online in mid-2012 at the former site of an ethanol facility in Minnesota. In late January, Gevo (Englewood, Colo.; www.gevo.com) was awarded a U.S. patent for the GIFT separation... http://www.che.com/chementator/bioprocessing/9037.html Thu, 1 Mar 2012 0:00:00 EST