Abstract
The emerging field on the utilization of agricultural wastes and industrial by-products is the alternative way to find potential feedstocks for chemical substitutes. Chemical substitution focuses on finding new and less hazardous solutions for a particular process or product through a biorefinery approach. The interest in exploring alternative energy sources of feedstocks through the utilization of agricultural wastes and agro-industrial by-products increases due to rising global energy demand and the depletion of existing fossil fuel stocks. Agricultural wastes are defined as unwanted products as a result of agricultural activities, while industrial by-products are leftover from industrial activities with abundant organic and inorganic nutrient composition. The advanced biorefinery is capable of transforming the agricultural wastes and industrial by-products to various chemical substitutes or value-added products. This chapter in general summarizes the consolidated bioconversion, bioprocessing, and downstream process of the significant chemical substitutes produced from agriculture and industrial by-products in relation to the specific chemical substitutes that will be discussed in each chapter.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Chemical Substitutes from Agricultural and Industrial By-Products |
| Subtitle of host publication | Bioconversion, Bioprocessing, and Biorefining |
| Publisher | wiley |
| Pages | 1-17 |
| Number of pages | 17 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9783527841141 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9783527351862 |
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| Publication status | Published - 11 Sept 2023 |
Keywords
- Agricultural wastes
- Biorefinery
- Chemical substitutes
- Consolidated bioprocessing
- Industrial by-products