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Biorefineries

Author: Paul COLONNA

Publication date: February 10, 2020

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4. Environmental biorefineries

Environmental biorefineries (figure 6 ) are characterized by :

  • focusing on plant fractions that cannot be consumed for human or animal consumption, or that have a low food value. They enable potential pollution to be treated;

  • simplification of upstream technologies to simple grinding of agricultural or agro-industrial residues, or even dedicated energy crops in some countries;

  • the presence of a main compartment involving biotechnological action, similar to a bioreactor.

The first family of environmental biorefineries covers methanization

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