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Sustainable Production Of Bio-Based Succinic Acid From Plant Biomass, Enlin Lo
Sustainable Production Of Bio-Based Succinic Acid From Plant Biomass, Enlin Lo
USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations
Succinic acid is a compound used for manufacturing lacquers, resins, and other coating chemicals. It is also used in the food and beverage industry as a flavor additive. It is predominantly manufactured from petrochemicals, but it can also be produced more sustainably by fermentation of sugars from renewable feedstocks (biomass). Bio-based succinic acid has excellent potential for becoming a platform chemical (building block) for commodity and high-value chemicals.
In this study, we focused on the production of bio-based succinic acid from the fiber of sweet sorghum (SS), which has a high fermentable sugar content and can be cultivated in a …