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News 23 April 2020

Boosting cellulase activity to reduce the cost of bioethanol

Optimizing industrial fermentation processes

Fundamental Research

News 24 May 2017

Optimizing industrial fermentation processes: significant advance for IFPEN’s research in the field of image processing

As part of its research in the field of 2nd generation biofuels, IFPEN is studying the morphology of fungi during the fermentation process.

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Optimization of a microorganism of interest for the bioproduction of isopropanol and n-butanol

A major challenge of the energy transition, the substitution of petrochemical processes by bioprocesses requires the use of catalysts (or microorganisms) to produce molecules for industry...

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Analysis of the inorganic contaminants in bioethanol, from source to end product

The use of renewable carbon-based biofuels is a solution aimed at reducing the climate impact of combustion engine vehicles. However, the diversity of potential biomass sources requires a

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Simon ARRAGAIN

Research engineer

I carried out my thesis at CEA Grenoble (UMR 5249, UGA / CNRS / CEA), under the supervision of Professor Marc Fontecave and Dr. Hamid Atta, on [FeS] cluster metalloproteins (RimO, MiaB, MtaB) called

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Extrapolating ethanol-from-biomass production technologies

The industrial production of ethanol from lignocellulosic biomass was demonstrated by the Futurol™ projecta. The extrapolation and optimization of the process, along with its flexibility in terms of