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Production of Sorbitol from Biomass

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Abstract

Sorbitol is a natural occurring sugar alcohol with a current industrial demand of about 2,000,000 t.year−1 showing its huge worldwide commercial interest, encompassing uses in chemical, food, textiles, pharmaceutical, and health care and cosmetic industries. The current interest for substituting oil derived chemicals by biomass derived ones has boosted the interest in sorbitol production because in 2004 it was identified by US Department of Energy as one of the 12 top chemicals derived from carbohydrates which could be potentially used as platform chemicals for producing valuable chemical intermediates and materials for industry, and inclusion of sorbitol in the listing currently remains. This review analyzes both sorbitol’s current market and its potentiality as a platform chemical. Subsequently, current state of sorbitol production by chemical, electrochemical and biotechnological methods is revised, and includes a key issue for industrial success: its recovery and purification. Finally, some prospects about the direction of future research for overcoming current bottlenecks for further development are discussed.

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Abbreviations

BET:

Brunauer–Emmett–Teller, authors of the BET theory that is the basis for an analysis technique for the measurement of the specific surface area of a material

ATP:

adenosine 5′-triphosphate

ED:

electrodialysis

GFOR:

D-glucose-fructose oxidoreductase

GHSV:

gas hourly space velocity, h−1

HRTEM:

high-resolution transmission electron microscopy

NAD+ :

oxidized form of nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide

NADH:

reduced form of nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide

NADP:

Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate

NCNT:

nitrogen doped carbon nanotubes

NP:

nanoparticles

RPBR:

continuous recycle packed-bed reactor

TOF:

turnover frequency, s−1 or h−1

TOS:

time on stream

WHSV:

weight hourly space velocity, h−1

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Ochoa-Gómez, J.R., Roncal, T. (2017). Production of Sorbitol from Biomass. In: Fang, Z., Smith, Jr., R., Qi, X. (eds) Production of Platform Chemicals from Sustainable Resources. Biofuels and Biorefineries. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-4172-3_9

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