Carlos A. Cardona

TL;DR: The different technologies for producing fuel ethanol from sucrose-containing feedstocks (mainly sugar cane, starchy materials and lignocellulosic biomass) are described along with the major research trends for improving them.

TL;DR: The key role that process design plays during the development of cost-effective technologies is recognized through the analysis of major trends in process synthesis, modeling, simulation and optimization related to ethanol production.

TL;DR: In this article, the current and potential transformation of sugarcane bagasse (SCB) to sugar and ethanol is discussed. And stability is discussed for considering high nonlinear phenomena such as multiplicity and oscillations, which make more complex the control as a result of the inhibition problems during fermentation when furfural and formic acid from SCB hydrolysis are not absent.

TL;DR: In this article, a comparison of the economical and environmental performance of the ethanol production process from sugarcane and corn under Colombian conditions has been carried out, and the integration of these indicators into one index by using the analytical hierarchy process (AHP) approach was determined as the best choice for Colombian ethanol production facilities.

TL;DR: A techno-economic analysis of the production of bioethanol from four lignocellusic residues is presented for the Colombian case and it was found that empty fruit bunches presents the highest ethanol yield from a dry basis point of view.