Intensification of Photobiocatalytic Decarboxylation of Fatty Acids for the Production of Biodiesel

Hong T Duong; Yinqi Wu; Alexander Sutor; Bastien O Burek; Frank Hollmann; Jonathan Z Bloh

doi:10.1002/cssc.202002957

Intensification of Photobiocatalytic Decarboxylation of Fatty Acids for the Production of Biodiesel

ChemSusChem. 2021 Feb 18;14(4):1053-1056. doi: 10.1002/cssc.202002957. Epub 2021 Feb 2.

Authors

Hong T Duong¹, Yinqi Wu², Alexander Sutor³, Bastien O Burek¹, Frank Hollmann², Jonathan Z Bloh¹

Affiliations

¹ Chemical Technology Group, DECHEMA Research Institute, Theodor-Heuss-Allee 25, 60486, Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
² Department of Biotechnology, Delft University of Technology, van der Maasweg 9, 2629HX, Delft, The Netherlands.
³ Department Institute of Measurement and Sensor Technology, UMIT - University for Health Sciences, Medical Informatics and Technology GmbH, Eduard-Wallnöfer-Zentrum 1, 1, 6060, Hall in Tirol, Austria.

Abstract

Light-driven biocatalytic processes are notoriously hampered by poor penetration of light into the turbid reaction media. In this study, wirelessly powered light-emitting diodes are found to represent an efficient and scalable approach for process intensification of the photobiosynthetic production of diesel alkanes from renewable fatty acids.

Keywords: biocatalysis; decarboxylation; photocatalysis; renewable fuels; scale-up.

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