We develop a novel process producing ethanol and adipic acid from lignocellulosic biomass, simultaneously. Adipic acid has a large market volume (2.3 MM ton/yr) and it is primarily used as a reactant for the nylon 6.6 production. The developed experim...
We develop a novel process producing ethanol and adipic acid from lignocellulosic biomass, simultaneously. Adipic acid has a large market volume (2.3 MM ton/yr) and it is primarily used as a reactant for the nylon 6.6 production. The developed experimental-based process is used to evaluate the economic feasibility of the integrated coproduction strategy. From the results, a minimum selling price is shown $2.84/gallon of gasoline equivalent for ethanol. This suggests that the proposed process can be a promising alternative to current biofuels production approaches.